“Heroes have the whole earth for their
tomb.”—Athenian statesman and general Pericles (494 BC-429 BC), “Pericles’ Funeral Oration,” in
Thucydides (460 BC-395 BC), The History
of the Peloponnesian War
(The image accompanying this post, Pericles’ Funeral Oration, was created by
German painter Philipp Foltz.)
Heroes
Heroes
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