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====== Admiration of Pericles ====== | ====== Admiration of Pericles ====== | ||
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From the beginning of the passage, Pericles is depicted as collected and ready to battle the outcry that had arisen at Athens. Thus it says, " | From the beginning of the passage, Pericles is depicted as collected and ready to battle the outcry that had arisen at Athens. Thus it says, " | ||
- | This leads Thucydides to say that Òas long as [Pericles] was at the head of the city in time of peace, he governed it with moderation and guarded it securely; and it was greatest under himÓ (2.65). These elements, moderation and security, are two highly prized attributes to Thucydides. Pericles is therefore the paragon of all that Thucydides upholds as good. It is precisely these elements that makes Pericles excel over all other people of his time. | + | This leads Thucydides to say that " |
- | To elaborate further, Thucydides blankly says that Òthe reason for PericlesÕ | + | To elaborate further, Thucydides blankly says that " |
The last words of 2.65 - "So Pericles had more than enough reasons to predict that the city might easily outlast the Peloponnesians in this war" - is the last we hear of Pericles in the History. Is it only fitting that his last mention is coupled with the success of the Athenians over the Peloponnesians, | The last words of 2.65 - "So Pericles had more than enough reasons to predict that the city might easily outlast the Peloponnesians in this war" - is the last we hear of Pericles in the History. Is it only fitting that his last mention is coupled with the success of the Athenians over the Peloponnesians, | ||
- | In order understand Thucydides, his intentions, his thoughts, it is imperative to look at Pericles, because Thucydides and Pericles are very often of one mind. Thucydides so greatly admires Pericles because he sees himself in Pericles' | + | In order understand Thucydides, his intentions, his thoughts, it is imperative to look at Pericles, because Thucydides and Pericles are very often of one mind. Thucydides so greatly admires Pericles because he sees himself in Pericles' |
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