Jiang says Pericles's funeral oration praised Athens as open, tolerant, democratic, and glorious, then justified young men dying for empire and democracy.
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WAR Dead
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"...And it is the custom at that time to honor the war dead by holding a huge state funeral, okay? So the state Athens..."
"And the funeral oration is considered by many to be the greatest speech ever made, okay? It is beautiful. It is extremely eloquent. It's..."
"...war between Athens and Sp arta There are a lot of war dead And it is tradition of Athens to hold a funeral or..."
"...uh there to be a massive state funeral to celebrate the war dead and to give a a speech to commemorate the war dead..."
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