Read the excerpt from Pericles’s funeral oration by Thucydides.

To me it seems that the consummation which has overtaken these men shows us the meaning of manliness in its first revelation and in its final proof. Some of them, no doubt, had their faults; but what we ought to remember first is their gallant conduct against the enemy in defense of their native land. They have blotted out evil with good, and done more service to the common-wealth than they ever did harm in their private lives.

How does the speaker use a rhetorical device to support his purpose?
- He uses antithesis to persuade the audience that it is noble to defend one’s country.
- He uses antithesis to inform the audience of the actions the men took for the country.
- He uses meiosis to persuade the audience that the men acted bravely during the war.
- He uses meiosis to inform the audience of the faults the men had in their private lives.