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Setting and background
35 I
Introduction
a) Pericles disapproves of the tradition
of the Funeral Speech, but must speak
1) Deeds of dead need no praise
2) Listeners hard to satisfy
b) Praise of:
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1) Ancestors
2) Fathers (480 BCE)
3) Those still living.
36.4 II Proposition:
Praise of Athenian Constitution and Characteristics
III
Argument: General Qualities of Athens
37-41 a)
Praise of constitution and character
37.2
1) Freedom of action
37.3
2) But lawfulness
38.1
3) Splendor, no boredom
38.2
4) Imports
39
5) Contrast Sparta:
39.1
(a) No secrecy
39.4
(b) Courage without training
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6) Our pleasures
40.2
(a) Causes: pure taste, intellect + manliness
40.2
participation in public life
40.3
(b) Results: our patriotism
40.4
Magnanimity leads to power
Conclusion:
41.1-4
Athens is a pattern for Greece
41.5
No wonder men die for her
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b) The Dead: what they sacrifice, what it
means
43-45 c)
Exhortation:
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1) We must emulate the nobility of the dead
44-45
2) Consolation
(a) Parents
44.1-2
General
44.3
Those with sons yet to be born
44.4
Those without sons yet to be born
45.1
(b) Sons and brothers of
the fallen
45.2
(c) Widows
46 IV. Epilogue:
deeds repay deeds
a) The funeral itself
b) Public maintenance of orphans