History of the Peloponnesian War

"I have now spoken, in obedience to the law, such words as I had that were fitting, and those whom we are burying have already in part also received their tribute in our deeds;[*](i.e. the honours shown them throughout the rest of the ceremony, described in Thuc. 2.34, as contrasted with the words of the eulogist.)besides, the state will henceforth maintain their children at the public expense until they grow to manhood, thus offering both to the dead and to their survivors a crown of substantial worth as their prize in such contests. For where the prizes offered for virtue are greatest, there are found the best citizens.

And now, when you have made due lament, each for his own dead, depart."