Who documented the Funeral Oration of Pericles and the history of the war between Athens and Sparta? A. Thucydides B. Herodotus C. Sophocles D. Euripides



Answer :

Thucydides recorded the speech in his second book of The History of the Peloponnesian War

The correct answer is A) Thucydides.

It was Thucydides who documented the Funeral Oration of Pericles and the history of the war between Athens and Sparta.

In “History of the Peloponnesian War”, Thucydides delivered the speech known as “The Funeral Oration of Pericles”. As part of an Athenian tradition in the 5th century, people used to have a ceremony for those who died on war. The speech of Thucydides is renown by its concepts of the greatness of Athens and the brave men that fought in the war against Sparta.