# Talk:Funeral Oration (Lysias)

General
Could the relevant language template be added to the article?
Background
"Metic" is linked twice in the same sentence; this constitutes duplicate linking.
Images
File:Plato Silanion Musei Capitolini MC1377.jpg — this needs a United States public domain tag.
The text is clear and concise. I enjoyed reading it. Minor suggestions above. Looking forward to seeing it at GAN (and possibly at FAC).
Regards. MSincccc (talk) 18:30, 5 June 2025 (UTC)

A few more suggestions after a re-read:
Lead
Lysias probably never delivered the speech, as he was probably ineligible,... Could the repetition of "probably" be avoided?
Background
considered to be a compliation of the ten best speechwriters from classical Athens
compliation→compilation
The phrase "considered to be" could be dropped from this sentence.
Reception and analysis
Jacqueline de Romilly could be linked in the article.
MSincccc (talk) 14:42, 8 June 2025 (UTC)
Thanks, MSincccc: done where possible. We need "considered" in the sentence on the Attic orators: we can't write that they are "the best", a subjective statement of opinion, in Wikivoice. Incidentally, for these kind of small and fairly uncontroversial tweaks, the usual form outside a formal review is WP:JUSTDOIT. UndercoverClassicist T·C 15:03, 8 June 2025 (UTC)
I have made a few minor edits to the article. I hope you don't mind. I would have liked to review it but I presently don't have the time. MSincccc (talk) 17:42, 14 June 2025 (UTC)
...in which Athens sent troops to assist the city of Corinth against its rival Sparta.
The article Ancient Corinth is linked here.
It asserts itself as being in honour of those Athenians who died in a year of the Corinthian War (395–387 BCE), in which Athens sent troops to assist Corinth against its rival Sparta.
The article Corinth (modern city) is linked here.
MSincccc (talk) 18:23, 14 June 2025 (UTC)
Good eye -- clearly, should both be ancient Corinth. Now it is. UndercoverClassicist T·C 18:36, 14 June 2025 (UTC)