Pericles Speech

1. According to Pericles, Athens was made great not by one thing, but by everything working together in a system of government that benefited everyone and not just a particular class. Pericles states that their democratic administration gives power to the whole people and not just a few. He goes on to describe how Athens also has a better army than that of Sparta because they do not exploit their allies like Sparta does, and they have a superior navy as well.

2. Other city-states would obviously boast that their city-state is better than all the rest for various reasons. Be that as it may, Athens compares to Sparta in many ways. First they both have systems of governments that worked during this time, and although these system were different, Athens being a democracy and Sparta being Lacedaemonian, they both satisfied the demands. Next, both city-states had exceptional military forces and both were used effectively against the Persians. At the time of Pericles's speech, these two city-states were at war with each other which was like watching Ali fight Fraizer but with a Greek twist.

3. Throughout Pericles's description of Athens, he is very single-minded in his argument that Athens is a paragon for all of Greece. Be that as it may, it is understandable that an Athenian speaking to the loved ones of dead soldiers would be very nostalgic towards everything that has made Athens a powerful polis in ancient Greece. Therefore, I do not see any problems that are worth pointing out.