"Our constitution does not copy the laws of neighboring states; we are rather a pattern to others than imitators ourselves. Its administration favors the many instead of the few; this is why it is called a democracy. If we look to the laws, they afford equal justice to all in their private differences; if no social standing, advancement in public life falls to reputation for capacity, class considerations not being allowed to interfere with merit; nor again does poverty bar the way, if a man is able to serve the state, he is not hindered by the obscurity of his condition." Pericles, Athenian Statesman. Funeral Oration after the first battles of the Peloponnesian War, Recorded by Thucydides - Historian of the Peloponnesian Wars - ca. 460/455 - 399 BCE. Which of the following would support the claim made by Pericles in his Funeral Oration? Tyrants ruled Athens through most of its history. The Peloponnesian War allowed for the rise of Alexander the Great and the spread of Hellenism. O The Greek city-states were able to defeat Persia during the Greco-Persian wars, allowing for Athens to rise in power. Athens utilized a council of 500 and an assembly of all male citizens to make decisions