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Pericles Funeral Oration

In he talks about many important values and morals that the Athenians have for their country. It is important to remember in his Eulogy he gives examples of how Athenians who served their country is an honor but when they gave their life for their country they were the ultimate hero. In the beginning of his Eulogy he focuses on how their ancestors gave the ultimate sacrifice for their country in paragraph one " Many are those who have praised, here, the man who added a speech to this rite, as if it were a fine thing to orate(preach) over men buried from our wars." Here he is saying that those ancestors that died for their country gave the ultimate act of p atriotism. In paragraph two ...

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but also to encourage them to want to fight for their country. As in paragraph two he says, "But what lay behind those outward deeds, what really made us great-our training, our frame of government, our natural bent-I shall expound, primarily in praise of these men, but also as a fitting thing to be said on this occasion and proper for this audience to hear, the outsiders in it as well as the citizens." The main point of this is he wanted Athenians not to be fearful of dying for their country because you would be recognized as a hero.
As he says in paragraph 12, "For such reasons I would console but not pity these men's parents. Raised in a world of varying chances, they know that this, at least, is gain-to meet an honorable end ( as they now have) and to grieve honorably (as you do) for those whose lives were cut off at the fortunate moment." Pericles is explaining that when your child has been chosen to fight for Athens do not despair because he will be honored. In paragraph ...

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Added: 2/1/2005 01:16:22 PM
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