
World History - PI - Chapter 5 - Review Sheet
... 4 – Pindar 5 – Aeschylus 6 – Sophocles 7 – Euripides 8 – Aristophanes 9 – Herodotus 10 – Thucydides ...
... 4 – Pindar 5 – Aeschylus 6 – Sophocles 7 – Euripides 8 – Aristophanes 9 – Herodotus 10 – Thucydides ...
Thucydides- The Funeral Oration of Pericles
... The Peloponnesian War (431 – 404 BCE) by Thucydides (471 – 396 BCE) “The Funeral Oration of Pericles” 1. Suppose this was the only document about 5th Century Athens that survived. What conclusion would you draw from it about Athens, its institutions and its people? ...
... The Peloponnesian War (431 – 404 BCE) by Thucydides (471 – 396 BCE) “The Funeral Oration of Pericles” 1. Suppose this was the only document about 5th Century Athens that survived. What conclusion would you draw from it about Athens, its institutions and its people? ...
history essay
... Pericles expresses many features of Athenian society in this funeral oration. According to Pericles, “everyone was equal under the law.” He tried to make this true by making lower class citizens eligible for public offices and allowing them to participate in public affairs. Pericles also states that ...
... Pericles expresses many features of Athenian society in this funeral oration. According to Pericles, “everyone was equal under the law.” He tried to make this true by making lower class citizens eligible for public offices and allowing them to participate in public affairs. Pericles also states that ...
Pericles` Funeral Oration Questions
... following questions as thoroughly as possible on a separate piece of paper. These will be due at the beginning of class on the day following our discussion. ...
... following questions as thoroughly as possible on a separate piece of paper. These will be due at the beginning of class on the day following our discussion. ...
Pericles

Pericles (/ˈpɛrɪkliːz/; Greek: Περικλῆς Periklēs, pronounced [pe.ri.klɛ̂ːs] in Classical Attic; c. 495 – 429 BC) was arguably the most prominent and influential Greek statesman, orator and general of Athens during the Golden Age— specifically the time between the Persian and Peloponnesian wars. He was descended, through his mother, from the powerful and historically influential Alcmaeonid family.Pericles had such a profound influence on Athenian society that Thucydides, a contemporary historian, acclaimed him as ""the first citizen of Athens"". Pericles turned the Delian League into an Athenian empire, and led his countrymen during the first two years of the Peloponnesian War. The period during which he led Athens, roughly from 461 to 429 BC, is sometimes known as the ""Age of Pericles"", though the period thus denoted can include times as early as the Persian Wars, or as late as the next century.Pericles promoted the arts and literature; it is principally through his efforts that Athens holds the reputation of being the educational and cultural center of the ancient Greek world. He started an ambitious project that generated most of the surviving structures on the Acropolis (including the Parthenon). This project beautified and protected the city, exhibited its glory, and gave work to the people. Pericles also fostered Athenian democracy to such an extent that critics call him a populist.