In Pericle?s Funeral Oration, Pericle?s describes many different aspects of Athenian life, how it is different from other governments, and how their way of life is what we would call ?better? than other governments. Pericle?s states, ?For our government is not copied from those of our neighbors: we are an example to them rather they are to us. Our constitution is named a democracy, because it is in the hands not of …showed first 75 words of 763 total…

…showed last 75 words of 763 total…s is trying to describe what the Athenian man is like, a person who is noble in statue, brave, and because of that bravery has a clear vision of what his purpose in life is, and what he has to do. Pericle?s described it best when he said, ?We are lovers or beauty without extravagance, and lovers of wisdom without unmanliness.? This is what every Athenian man strives to be, and wants to be.