Microtheme #5 The Athenian people are loyal just to Athens; they live by a code, which prevents them from doing any wrong. Having respect of the law and the authorities for which they bring carries this out. Their beliefs enable them to follow ones heart were as not relying upon tricky management. Because of this belief they tend to relate to friends as people receiving favors from them because they feel that they owe them something …showed first 75 words of 820 total…

…showed last 75 words of 820 total…should be. These two cases show why the funeral oration is not correct in ethical ways. First we see how Pericles funeral oration gave this picture of what Athenian people were like. This gives us the conclusion that these people in the stories are obviously not following the good samaritan law of Athens. We were able to see these two characters kill off their spouse’s, go around family trust just to gain financial independence.