Faculty Perspective on Thucydides

A selection of questions by Professor Monica Letzring

Athens after the Oration: Realism vs. Idealism by Professor Robin Mitchell-Boyask

Dr. J's Illustrated Pericles' Funeral Oration, Dr. J's Illustrated Pericles' Funeral Oration and America, Dr. J's Illustrated Pericles' Funeral Oration and Philadelphia (under construction) and Notes from Plutarch's Life of Pericles by Professor Janice Siegel; for an overview of Greek history leading up to and including this period, see Dr. J's Illustrated Archaic Age, Persian Wars, and Classical Age

Notes on Pericles' Funeral Oration by Professor Marc Stier

Professor Daniel Tompkins' explanations of particular sections of Pericles' speech: The Athenian Funeral Procession, Democratic Participation, Athenian Judgement, Orphans, War widows; also, a discussion of the importance of the plague

Reading Notes on Pericles "Funeral Oration" by Dr. Bruce Wagner

Excerpts from Pericles' Funeral Oration by Professor Alex Watts-Tobin

Key Passages from Pericles' Funeral Oration and Lecture Notes by Professor Stephen Zelnick; an IH-Guide essay on Thucydides and the Plague in Athens