Pericles' Funeral Oration is a speech about the virtues of Sparta and its inhabitants.

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Statement under consideration asserts that Pericles' Funeral Oration is a speech about the virtues of Sparta and its inhabitants. 
Option True: This is not accurate because the Funeral Oration, as delivered by Pericles in Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War, focuses on the merits of Athenian democracy, civic virtue, and the sacrifices of Athenians during the early stages of the war. It contrasts Athens with other states, but its core subject is Athens rather than Sparta. 
Option False: The more precise understanding is that Pericles extols Athens, its institutions, and its citizens, praising democratic ideals, collective responsibility, and the glory of the city-state. Sparta is mentioned only in contrast or comparison, not as the main topic of the speech. 
Option True (again): If one recalled the typical summary, the emphasis remains on Athens' political system, cultural achievements, and the valor of its people, which contradicts the claim that the speech centers on Sparta. 
Option False (again): The reason this option is correct is that the text exemplifies Athenian self-portraiture during a war crisis, not a eulogy of Spartan virtues; therefore, labeling it as a speech about Sparta misidentifies its focus.

HISTORY 2201 SP2025 (27870) Week 3 Quiz

Pericles' Funeral Oration is a speech about the virtues of Sparta and its inhabitants.

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