In addition to being an accomplished playwright, Sophocles was also a priest and a military general. Priest because at the time, his house was used as a venue for religious ceremonies; he waited for a proper temple to be built, until then he didn't hesitate to take up for that position.
Reverence means ‘high esteem’; the speech not only focuses on them and their bravery, but emphasises on the extent of impact that they made, and how brave they were in such conditions.
Explanation: Because most of the men were at war, so there needed to be people to fill the jobs, and most women filled those jobs while most of the men were at war, this proved could manage to work jobs, so they should be given rights to vote.
