In Pericles’ funeral oration, Thucydides clearly states that Athens, as a whole, needs to be a lesson for not only Greece, but also for the readers of The Peloponnesian War as well. The perished gave their lives not only for Athens but also to support all the causes that Athens stands for. Pericles also praises Athens through describing the valor of the fallen, since they gave all that they had to defend their lands against the people that couldn’t stand an empire ruling over them. Pericles said that the
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