The Funeral Speech

Now, though the living kinsmen of these dead deserve our sympathy, bereaved of such brave men and divorced from close and affectionate association, and though the life of our native land is desolate and filled with tears and mourning, nevertheless these dead by a just calculation are happy.[*](Compare Hyp. 24 Are we not to think them fortunate because their valor was proven rather than unfortunate because their lives were lost?) First of all, bartering little for much, a brief time for all eternity, they leave behind them an ageless fame[*](With εὔκλειαν ἀγήρω compare Thuc. 2.43.2 ἀγήρων ἔπαινονand Hyp. 42 εὐδοξίαν ἀγήρατον.)