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If Pericles’ funeral oration is a landmark of democratic virtue, the amoral facts of pure force become explicit in the “Melian dialogue” following the Athenian conquest of the neutral island of Melos in 415 B.C.:
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
“Avoid emotional oration and loud, impassioned pleas. A well-reasoned and logical presentation without resort to histrionics is easier for listeners to comprehend.”
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 13, 2024
The movie came freighted with exposition, along with lengthy monologues and much stirring oration.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2024
Armstrong's writing is consistently sharp and poignant, but Kendall's funerary oration gives wings to this heavy scene.
From Salon ● May 22, 2023
Francie recited passages she knew by heart—Portia’s speech, Marc Antony’s funeral oration, “Tomorrow and tomorrow”—the obvious things that are remembered from Shakespeare.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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