The Greatest Speech of all Time: Pericles' Funeral Oration

In 431 BCE, the statesmen Pericles delivered one of his most famous speeches of all time. How was the speech delivered and what influence does it have today?
A lecture by Edith Hall, Visiting Professor of Classics 7 March 2019
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In 431 BCE the Athenian statesman Pericles delivered one of the most influential speeches of all time, his Epitaphios or Funeral Oration. The occasion was at the funeral of the first Athenian soldiers to lose their lives in the Peloponnesian War. This lecture examines the history of this beautiful site, the momentous occasion on which Pericles spoke, and the ways in which his speech, recorded by the historian Thucydides who was present at its delivery, has informed subsequent epoch-making orations from Lincoln at Gettysburg to Kennedy and Obama.
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[@gabewise3133]

Enlightening talk by a brilliant professor

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Wonderful speech

[@jamesbay115]

Thank you to in our time for bringing me here, wonderful lecture

[@debrawehrly9551]

It was speculated that it was Aspasia , his lover, who had written Pericles' funeral oration speech.

[@MichaelHanisch]

fantastic lecture, thanks for posting

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I understand that during the "Golden Age of Pericles," public gallows were constructed for those who wished to commit suicide and the gallows were no unused in this way. If this is true, can you give a useful reference about it? Thanks and thanks for your informative lecture. Bob Brown, Sr., MD, Ph.D., Charlottesville

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"7000 died at Gettysburg..."
Multiply that by 7 and you'll come close. One wonders how such mistakes are made in the age of Wikipedia.

[@alanweinberg2754]

Not a mistake. You'll have to check your source. The exact figures are provided.

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Casualties includes injured/wounded does not equal Deaths.