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Pericles' Funeral Oration:
A
Rhetorical Analysis
Quote of the Day:
"When the bones have been laid in the earth, a man
chosen by the city for his intellectual gifts and for his general reputation
makes an appropriate speech in praise of the dead" (Thuc. II.34).
Reading Assignment:
- Thucydides, "Pericles' Funeral Oration," from History of the
Peloponnesian War (Origins anthology 4-13)
- Download the Greek Map Assignment from
Blackboard.
Writing Assignment:
- Apply the "rhetorical triangle" to Pericles' Funeral Oration. Using
only the reading from Thucydides as your source, briefly (but
specifically) identify these aspects of the Funeral Oration on the Rhetorical Triangle handout (single
powerpoint slide):
- the speaker (who is speaking?)
- the audience (who is he speaking to?)
- the message (what is he saying?)
- the purpose (why is he saying what he's saying to
the people who are listening?)
- the context (where are they, and what are they all
doing there)
- Hint: Before you attempt to fill out the diagram,
annotate your copy of the Funeral Oration as you read. This is
not the same as taking a highlighter to it.
- An example of a
filled-in rhetorical triangle
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