Critical Essay: Pericles' Funeral Oration Speech It can be argued that the Greeks are the most influential civilization to exist throughout history. The Greeks introduced advances in science, politics, art, etc that are treasured and still used to the present day. Modern societies have adopted words from their language, military strategy, and most notably their political system. Although the best compliment that can be given to this remarkable civilization is that it gave birth to …showed first 75 words of 1845 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1845 total…society. This quality of freedom is what drove the society. It is why every citizen takes so much pride in Athens, because they all know the benefits of freedom and would never settle for anything less. "Such is the city for whose sake these men nobly fought and died; they could not bear the thought that she might be taken from them; and every one of us who survive should gladly toil on her behalf."