The Unwritten Memorial
In Pericles’ funeral speech, as Thucydides wrote it some 2,400 years ago, the fallen are remembered not only by inscribed stones but by an unwritten memorial in people’s hearts.
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- Thucydides. (n.d.). The history of the Peloponnesian War, Book 2 (R. Crawley, Trans.). The Internet Classics Archive, MIT. (Original work written c. 400 BCE)
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The Unwritten Memorial
In Pericles’ funeral speech, as Thucydides wrote it some 2,400 years ago, the fallen are remembered not only by inscribed stones but by an unwritten memorial in people’s hearts.
Source: Pericles’ funeral oration · Guiding wisdom
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