This 1899 illustration shows Pericles addressing the Athenians as depicted by Philipp Foltz (German history painter - died 1877). 'Pericles's Funeral Oration' is a famous speech from Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War. The speech was delivered by Pericles, an eminent Athenian politician, at the end of the first year of the Peloponnesian War as a part of the annual public funeral for the war dead. The year was 431 BC.
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This 1899 illustration shows Pericles addressing the Athenians as depicted by Philipp Foltz (German history painter - died 1877). 'Pericles's Funeral Oration' is a famous speech from Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War. The speech was delivered by Pericles, an eminent Athenian politician, at the end of the first year of the Peloponnesian War as a part of the annual public funeral for the war dead. The year was 431 BC.

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