The Revival of the Funeral Oration and the Plague in Thucydides Books 6-7

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  • Tobias Joho Universität Bern

Abstract

Thucydides’ account of the opening of the Sicilian expedition pointedly evokes the Periclean Funeral Oration, while his narrative of the Athenian defeat is designed to recall his description of the plague.

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2016-10-15

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