Pericles Funeral Speech

When Pericles made is speech in front of his fellow Athenians he was supposed to make a memorial speech for the soldiers that died in battle against Sparta. And he did. Sort of. When making his speech it was more like a pep talk. He talked about how awesome Athens was and how it was an example to all other governments.  He did not talk directly about the soldiers who died but mostly what they died for. Which was Athens. This made him an effective and good leader because he was able to manipulate peoples emotions for a good cause. He made people feel good about where they lived and made them feel that the soldiers died for a rightful cause.