Percicle's funeral speech

    Read Percicle's funeral speech - https://www.files.ethz.ch/isn/125493/1037_Pericles.pdf . 1) How does Pericles describe Athenian Democracy? 2) Does his argument for democracy derive from fundamental principles, such as human equality, or from the practical benefits that derive from such a system of government? 3) What kind of citizen does Pericles believe democracy produces? How might a critic have responded to his arguments? 4) List and explain fully 5 similarities between the end of the Roman Republic (not empire) and the current situation in the United States and its Republic today?