OCR GCSE Ancient History · J198
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A formal speech honouring the dead. Pericles’ Funeral Oration, recorded by Thucydides, praises Athens and its democratic constitution while commemorating the war dead.
Revise: ThucydidesThucydides 2.37.1 belongs to Pericles’ Funeral Oration, a speech honouring Athens’ war dead during the Peloponnesian War. Pericles was an Athenian political leader. Here, Thucydides presents him explaining what makes the city and its government worthy of admiration.
- Revise: Athenian Self-Identity and the Funeral Oration
A speech delivered at a funeral to honour the dead. Pericles’ Funeral Oration commemorated Athenians killed in the first year of the Peloponnesian War.
- Revise: Thucydides