Pericles’ Funeral Oration It is a practice, tradition or custom for the leader of the Athenians to give a speech to the people of Athenians, at the funeral of their people that lost their lives at war. These speeches are done because it is part of their law that was done by his predecessors for those who have fallen in battle. It is used to show respect and honor to those who had fallen and to the families who may not have a father or husband anymore. The funerals as they say are at cost to the public. It is a custom from their ancestors to have the funerals done in a certain manner.
Death is something that humans, from every culture and from every part of the world, have a mutual understanding of and it has a way of bringing us together. In the epic poem, The Odyssey by Homer, rituals of death are of utmost importance to the gods, the afterlife, and even the unborn. And the reader becomes witness to this as the journey of Odysseus unfolds. The death of Elpenor in The Odyssey is probably the most illustrious example of the significance of death rituals in Greek society and, more specifically, mythology. At the palace of Circe, where Odysseus and his men stopped along their journey, there a death occurred.
Book Critique: Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman, by Jon Krakauer Pat Tillman was an honorable man with individualistic attributes. Jon Krakauer, as he has done in the past, seeks to portray the epic life story of Pat Tillman who walked away from a $3.6 million dollar NFL contract to join the United States Army. The reason Pat joined the Army was in response to the deeply troubling feeling and moral obligation he felt to fight after the terrorist attacks of 9/11. Pat Tillman was killed two years after he enlisted in the Army. The arguments that come out of this book as delievered by Jon Krakauer center around Pat’s death while serving in the Army.
Lycurgus Questions 1. Lycurgus comes to power shortly after his brother, Polydectes, was killed shortly after Polydectes had taken rule of Sparta from their father, Eurypon, was killed by a butchers knife while trying to separate a riot. The temperament of Lycurgus is adventitious and an overall, trustworthy man focused on his honor, as seen when he gives up his throne to the child of his deceased brother’s wife. In Lycurgus, Plutarch suggests that Lycurgus is moral and ethical because he saves a child twice. (Plutarch, 10-12).
A thesis could be made: Men’s brave deeds which should be honored related to their noble virtues and the spirit of courage to fight for their country instead of their fame. Since the Pericles’ Funeral Oration took the history of the Peloponnesian War as its background, the purpose of the speech should be encouraging citizens to focus on the greatness of Athens and benefit the state with their brave deeds both in peace and in war. A democracy was taken by the government that made the administration be controlled in citizens. There was no exclusiveness. The
The funeral orations in Julius Caesar The funeral orations of both Brutus & Antony after Caesar's death The play"Julius caesar" ,Shakespeare's shrotest chronicles the events leading up to julius caesar's assassination and the immediate consequences of his death . After caesar is killed , Antony and Brutus ; both Roman senators eulogize julius caesar . Both speeches had their unique own way of adressing the crowd as well as differing styles and techniques . According to the dictionnary , rhetoric means the "art of persuasive or impressive speaking or writing " . During this essay , I plan to show how both Brutus and Antony use it in their speeches after Caesar's death .
According to Pericles, the democratic society of Athens is a very well run and organized. However, he personally feels Athens is not protected enough from enemies surrounding them. Unlike the Spartans, Athenians have no allies and nobody, but themselves to protect them. Pericles tries to often stress to his people to be proud of their Athenian society and not be frightened or threatened by any other societies. I do not feel Pericles exaggerated the Athenian Democracy.
Who is Alexander the Great? He is a young man of glory, determination and revolution. His reign over Persia showed everyone else in Asia what a young man can do. He was feared upon by almost every person past Dardanelles. Alexander knew how to be smart by not letting people think of him as a cataclysmic man.
He explains that the strong can only be powerful when they make just choices, otherwise they will be overthrown by a united majority. Plato, and Socrates, introduces the idea that knowledge exists for the benefit of others, and that justice is no different. Therefore, rulers must exist to benefit others, or else they will rule no more. The Republic goes on to show many more examples throughout text, including why justice benefits the weak as well. Socrates argues that justice, when defined properly, is not subjective nor does it benefit only one group of people.
In the Politics, Aristotle’s concept of freedom is where citizens are uninhibited from the constraints of life, leaving them free to exercise their excellence through the higher capacity tools of reason and speech. Twenty Centuries later, Jean Jacques Rousseau writes the devastating effects of a civilized society with individual freedom. Rousseau puts forward the concept of The General Will as a solution to promote freedom. Although Aristotle and Rousseau have different ideas on democracy and slavery, both philosophers in fact, share the same concept of freedom in their respective works. Aristotle is a great advocate of the Greek polis mode, which he considers the epitome of a higher life as it allows citizens to exercise their superiority through the gifts of speech and reason.