Pericles's Third Oration
Appearance
- In Defense of Himself in The World's Famous Orations, translated by Author:Henry Dale.
- Pericles's Third Oration in Book II, 61–64 of History of the Peloponnesian War, translated by Richard Crawley.
Pericles's Third Oration is a famous speech attributed to Pericles in Thucydides's History of the Peloponnesian War. Pericles, an eminent Athenian politician, delivered it in 430 B.C. in the midst of the Peloponnesian War, after a large plague caused public opposition to his leadership. In it he defended his leadership and actions.
English-language translations of Pericles's Third Oration include: