Polykleitos’ Doryphoros (c.450-440) is regarded as an example of the ideal Greek male. Read the famous funeral oration given during the Peloponnesian War by Pericles, leader of Athens. Highlight one trait of manliness in Pericles’ speech and discuss how the statue of the Doryphorus exemplifies this characteristic. Then compare this trait of the Greek ideal male to contemporary ideas of masculinity.
Read Pericles Funeral Speech here
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