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Pericles and the Funeral Oration: Democracy's Defining Speech
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore Pericles' Funeral Oration, the most famous speech of classical Athens, delivered in 431/430 BCE at the end of the first year of the Peloponnesian War. They discuss how Thucydides preserved the speech in his History, the rhetorical structure that praised Athenian democracy, freedom, and openness, and the tension between the speech's ideals and the harsh realities of Athenian imperialism. The episode touches on the Kerameikos cemetery, the ritual of public burial, the role of women in the oration, and the ongoing debate over whether the speech…
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