In 431, shortly after the Peloponnesian War had broken out, Pericles delivered his famous Funeral Oration to commemorate those troops who had already fallen in battle.

In the same winter the Athenians gave a funeral at the public cost to those who had first fallen in this war. It was a custom of their ancestors, and the manner of it is as follows.

Dear Readers, Forgive me, but I want to print what I hope may be of interest – my funeral oration for the late writer Dominick Dunne.

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In his introduction to Pericles' Funeral Oration, the historian Thucydides explains the time-honored practice of providing public funerals to Athenian soldiers killed in battle: "The dead are laid...

The official funeral oration for the Athenian soldiers who died at one of the opening battles of the Peloponnesian War by the leader of democratic Athens, Pericles.

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Beginning of the Peloponnesian War - First Invasion of Attica - Funeral Oration of Pericles; The war between the Athenians and Peloponnesians and the allies on either side now really begins.

Pericles' 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 (431/0 BC) as a part of the annual public funeral for...

Funeral Oration were: Peter Zirschky - vocals, guitar Ferry Fidom - drums (1983 to '87) Mike - bass (1983) David - guitar (1983) William Steinhauser - bass (1983 - ) Tos Nieuwenhuizen -