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Pericles's Funeral Oration (Perikles hält die Leichenrede) by Philipp Foltz (1852) [1] "Pericles's Funeral Oration" (Ancient Greek: Περικλέους Επιτάφιος) is a famous speech from Thucydides's History of the Peloponnesian War. [2]
A funeral oration or epitaphios logos (Ancient Greek: ἐπιτάφιος λόγος) is a formal speech delivered on the ceremonial occasion of a funeral.Funerary customs comprise the practices used by a culture to remember the dead, from the funeral itself, to various monuments, prayers, and rituals undertaken in their honour.
Pericles' Funeral Oration, delivered at the end of the first year of the First Peloponnesian War to honor the Athenian war dead and their society; A Funeral Oration (Lysias) by Lysias, one of the "Canon of Ten" Attic orators (Speech 2 in Lamb's translation) Funeral Oration (band), a punk rock band from Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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431 BC: "Pericles's Funeral Oration" by the Greek statesman Pericles, significant because it departed from the typical formula of Athenian funeral speeches and was a glorification of Athens' achievements, designed to stir the spirits of a nation at war
Pericles (/ ˈ p ɛr ɪ k l iː z /, Ancient Greek: Περικλῆς; c. 495 – 429 BC) was a Greek politician and general during the Golden Age of Athens.He was prominent and influential in Ancient Athenian politics, particularly between the Greco-Persian Wars and the Peloponnesian War, and was acclaimed by Thucydides, a contemporary historian, as "the first citizen of Athens". [1]
Athenian fury and anger at Pericles. 2.21–2.22; Athenian naval counterattacks along coast of Peloponnese and islands. 2.23–2.32; Pericles' Funeral Oration. 2.34–2.46; The plague of Athens. 2.47–2.54; Second invasion of Attica and Athenian naval counterattacks. 2.55–2.58; Pericles' third speech, defending his position and policy. 2.59 ...
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