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Pericles' Funeral Oration: Democracy's Defining Speech
In this milestone two-hundredth episode, Lucas and Luna explore the most famous speech in Athenian history: Pericles' Funeral Oration, delivered in the winter of 431/430 BCE. The episode unpacks the historical context — the first year of the Peloponnesian War, the public funeral ritual in the Kerameikos, and the audience of grieving citizens. Lucas explains the speech's structure, its radical praise of Athenian democracy as a model for the world, and its famous lines about courage, freedom, and the greatness of the city. The conversation also addresses the speech's ambiguities…
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