Pericles Funeral Oration 5/15

Make a list of some of the Athenian values that you encountered in the text. Choose one and write a couple of sentences (or more) about why it might be good for the trial of Socrates.

• They try to make a government others want to model
• They don't try to build walls or borders around their land; they are open to the world
• Individuals are not only interested in them selves but in the government and state's as well.
• They make friends by doing good to others, not by receiving good from them.

The values of Athenians clearly reflect some similarities that we as democratic Americans have today. Their society calls for equality and the treatment of others as you would treat yourself. They also believe that everybody should have opinions or concern themselves with politics. Pericles points out that if you are alive you should be involved with politics.