5/15 Pericles Funeral Oration

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

• "It seemed to them a mark of honour to our soldiers who have fallen in war that a speech should be made over them" This show freedom of speech. According to the Athenian values, it's okay for Socrates to say what he want's because it's freedom of speech.
• "Our belief in the courage and manliness of so many should not be hazarded on the goodness or badness of one's speech."
• "We do not get into a state with our next-door neighbor if he enjoys himself in his own way, nor do we give him the kind of black looks which, though they do no real harm, still do hurt people's feelings."This value show that Socrates shouldn't have been killed for his ideas.