Thanks to the reforms of Pericles from around the 460s BCE, Athenian democracy, limited as it was, was still remarkable and placed a high value on oratory, the ability to speak persuasively in public.

多亏伯里克利在公元前 460 年代左右进行的改革，雅典的民主制度虽然有限，但仍然非常出色， 并且高度重视演讲，即在公共场合发表有说服力的演讲的能力。