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In he talks about many important values and morals that the Athenians have for their country. It is important to remember in his Eulogy he gives examples of how Athenians who served their country is an honor but when they gave their life for t ....

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... down to us generation by generation, kept free by their valor(courage)." This shows you how much he respects his ancestors for what they have done. I think that Pericles had in mind when he was writing his Eulogy is that he wanted to instill pride among the Athenians and not only to have respect for those who had died for Athens, but also to encourage them to want to fight for their country. As in paragraph two he says, "But what lay behind those outward deeds, what really made us great-our training, our frame of government, our natural bent-I shall expound, primarily in praise of these men, but also as a fitting thing to be said on thi ...