Thucydides, pericles funeral oration most of those who have spoken here before me have commended the lawgiver who added this oration to our other funeral customs. This strange and powerful tale of loss and recovery is the first in the group of romance comedies created by shakespeare at the. Pericles funeral oration is a famous speech from thucydides history of the peloponnesian war. Listen to thousands of best sellers and new releases on your iphone, ipad, or android. The speech was delivered by pericles, an eminent athenian politician, at the end of the first year of the. The great adventure of the greeks castilian narration audible audiobook. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. With the ancient poet gower acting as narrator, we follow the adventures of pericles from young manhood to maturity.