One of the early known primary sources is Pericles famous speech, Funeral Oration. He have this speech pretty soon after the Peloponnesian War broke out in efforts to pay homage to fallen troops from battle. Recorded by Thucydides, Funeral Oration permits a broader understanding Athenian democracy. In the speech, Pericles chronicled the exceptional and distinctive qualities of Athens and this is especially true when he point out that Athenians have the ability to put aside trivial desires and make an effort towards the greater good of the city for the people. He makes it a point to indicate that Athenians yield to public officials because they want to and because as citizens, they are the “masters” of the government and have the members of the government as their public servants. Pericles maintained a very idealized perspective of Athens which disregarded the egotism and selfishness behind his thinking that the Athenians were the ideal Greek society.
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