Funeral Oration

Hypereides lived during the time of Alexander the Great’s conquer of much of the known world, including Greece, and nobody at the time could speak of it as well as Hypereides could.

Little is known about his Hypereides’ early life, but he became one of Athens’ best orators and speech writers, which placed him in the middle of important events and made him an authority. Hyperiedes spoke out against Macedonian rulers beginning with Phillip II, Alexander’s father. After Alexander died, Hyperei...