<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Inkulumo Yomngcwabo yalotshwa nguThucydides encwadini yesibili yomsebenzi wakhe odumile othi Umlando Wempi YasePeloponnese. Nakuba uThucydides aloba inkulumo yakhe ngomuntu wokuqala njengokungathi kwakuwumbhalo wegama negama walokho okwakushiwo uPericles, akungabazeki ukuthi okungenani wayihlela. UThucydides uthi ekuqaleni kwe-History yakhe ukuthi izinkulumo ezethulwayo aziwona amarekhodi angokoqobo, kodwa zihloselwe ukumela imiqondo eyinhloko yalokho okwakushiwo nalokho, ngokusho kukaThucydides, okwakufunwa esimweni. Singaqiniseka ukuthi uPericles wanikeza inkulumo ekupheleni konyaka wokuqala wempi, kodwa akuvumelani ukuthi umbhalo kaThucydides ufana kangakanani nenkulumo kaPericles yangempela. Esinye isici esibangela ukudideka ukuthi uPericles waziwa ukuthi wanikeza enye inkulumo yomngcwabo ngesikhathi seMpi YamaSami  <response>: . futhi. Kungenzeka ukuthi izingxenye zalezo zinkulumo zombili zivezwe enguqulweni kaThukididi. Noma kunjalo, uThucydides wayecophelela kakhulu emibhalweni yakhe, futhi ubhala ngokuqiniseka okuhlukahlukene kwemithombo yakhe ngaso sonke isikhathi. Ngokuphawulekayo uqala ukulandisa inkulumo ngokuthi: , okungukuthi. UPericles, indodana kaXanthippos, wakhuluma kanje. Ukube wayecaphune inkulumo ngokwezwi nezwi, wayeyobe ubhale ukuthi lokhu, noma la magama esikhundleni sokuthi njengalokhu noma amagama anjengalawa. Ubunikazi be-Funeral Oration nabo abuqinisekisiwe. UPlato, encwadini yakhe ethi Menexenus, uthi umbhali wayo u-Aspasia, umngane kaPericles. 