Let me say that our system of government does not copy the institutions of our neighbors. It is more the case of our being a mod
el to others than of our imitating anyone else. Our constitution is called a democracy because power is in the hands, not of a minority, but of the whole people. —Pericles's Funeral Oration Which early society is described in this excerpt?
Athenian Society is characterized by their mode of governance being Democracy, which vested the matters concerning the state on the general citizens and the upper class together. It is often referred to as Assembly of the People. This Pericles's Funeral Oration was delivered in a public funeral in honor of all those who had laid their lives in the war. It is culturally delivered by a well-known-Athenian citizen.
Hence, in this case, the early society that is described in this excerpt widely known as ATHENIAN SOCIETY
