Pericles' Funeral Oration as Reported by Thucydides

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This 3 page paper is a hypothetical speech that could have been given by an Athenian leader in response to the funeral oration given by Pericles. The writer argues that since Pericles praised Athens extravagantly in his speech, any Athenian who spoke against his account would have been committing political suicide.