Glory and Sacrifice in the name of Greece The Funeral Oration of Pericles is an excerpt from Thrcydides, The Peloponnesian War. Who? Pericles was a great Greek speaker and renown leader of Athenian democracy during the middle part of the fifth century B.C.E. From this speech, we find out how much he believed in Athenian democracy because he makes no ill references to it. Instead he keeps stating that Athenian democracy is a …showed first 75 words of 413 total…

…showed last 75 words of 413 total…have lost loved ones in war to see their death as being a noble one and that they lost their lives to protect their way of life. Many great leaders have used this kind of manipulation, which is why I think it makes them such great leaders. Where? This happened in Ancient Greece after the first year of the Peloponnesian War. When? This happened in Ancient Greece after the first year of the Peloponnesian War.