Pericles

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Introducing an augmented translation of Thucydides: Book 2

We are pleased to share a revised translation of selections from Book 2 of Thucydides' The Peloponnesian War that tracks Key terms, including Pericles' Funeral Oration, the plague in Athens, Pericles' last speech, and Thucydides' assessment of Pericles. And watch introductory videos. Read more

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Everlasting Glory in Athens

"But that which brought most delightful adornment to Athens, and the greatest amazement to the rest of mankind; that which alone now testifies for Hellas that her ancient power and splendor, of which so much is told, was no idle fiction,—I mean his construction of sacred edifice…(Athens) should apply her abundance to such works as, by their completion, will bring her everlasting glory" Read more