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6 days ago · Pericles then quelled a revolt in Byzantium and, when he returned to Athens, gave a funeral oration to honor the soldiers who died in the expedition. [73] Between 438 and 436 BC Pericles led Athens' fleet in Pontus and established friendly relations with the Greek cities of the region. [74]
3 days ago · Ancient Greek statesman Pericles, leader of Athens from 460–429 B.C., organized the construction of the Parthenon and developed a democracy based on majority rule.
3 days ago · To give but one illustration of this, it has been widely recognized in recent decades that Thucydides appears to have had strong moral qualms about the ruthlessness preached by the Athenians in their many speeches throughout his work (Cohen, 1984; Doyle, 1991; Johnson Bagby, 1994; Rahe, 1996), and that part of his educational project was a subtle critique of their hawkishness and imperialism through what Edith Foster has dubbed “contrasting narrative illustrations” (1), most famously the ...
5 days ago · A nineteenth-century painting by Philipp Foltz depicts the Athenian politician Pericles delivering his famous funeral oration in front of the Assembly. Credits: Public domain. In the US, it is practically a tradition for the losing party to question election results. This was the case with Hillary Clinton in 2016 and Donald Trump in 2020.
1 day ago · Some three centuries after the death of Pericles (429 bce), Athenians entered upon a period of bondage that lasted almost 2,000 years. The city was freed in 1833, and in the following 170 years it was the scene of more than a dozen revolutions, another brutal foreign occupation, and a civil war of especial savagery.
4 days ago · Title. Oration: for funeral of Thomas Clap (MVP #419) Creator. From the Collection: Stiles, Ezra, 1727-1795. Published / Created. 1767 January 17. Provenance. Bequest of Ezra Stiles (Yale 1746), 1805. Additions acquired by gift and purchase from Stiles family descendants and other sources, circa 1805-2011.
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5 hours ago · Nineteenth-century painting by Philipp Foltz depicting the Athenian politician Pericles delivering his famous funeral oration in front of the Assembly [34] Democratic assemblies are as old as the human species and are found throughout human history, [35] but up until the nineteenth century, major political figures have largely opposed democracy ...
