epideictic oratory — noun a type of oratory used to eulogize or condemn a person or group of people Pericles funeral oration for Athenians killed in the Peloponnesian War is a famous example of epideictic oratory • Hypernyms: ↑oratory … Useful english dictionary
Epideictic — The Epideictic oratory, also called ceremonial oratory, or praise and blame rhetoric, is one of the three branches, or species (eidē), of rhetoric as outlined in Aristotle s Rhetoric, to be used to praise or blame during ceremonies. Contents 1… … Wikipedia
oratory — oratory1 /awr euh tawr ee, tohr ee, or /, n. 1. skill or eloquence in public speaking: The evangelist moved thousands to repentance with his oratory. 2. the art of public speaking, esp. in a formal and eloquent manner. [1580 90; < L oratoria, n.… … Universalium
Epideictic — Ep i*deic tic, a. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to show forth, display; epi + ? to show. Cf. {Epidictic}.] Serving to show forth, explain, or exhibit; applied by the Greeks to a kind of oratory, which, by full amplification, seeks to persuade … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Chaim Perelman — Chaïm Perelman (May 20, 1912 ndash;January 22, 1984) was a Polish born philosopher of law, who studied, taught, and lived most of his life in Brussels. He was among the most important argumentation theorists of the twentieth century. His chief… … Wikipedia
Chaïm Perelman — (20 May 1912, Warsaw 22 January 1984, Bruxelles) was a Polish born philosopher of law, who studied, taught, and lived most of his life in Brussels. He was among the most important argumentation theorists of the twentieth century. His chief work… … Wikipedia
Thomas More — For other uses, see Thomas More (disambiguation). The Right Honourable Sir Thomas More Lord Chancellor In offic … Wikipedia
Hypereides — (Greek Polytonic|Ὑπερείδης; c. 390 322 BC) was a logographer (orator for the courts) in Ancient Greece. He was one of the ten Attic orators included in the Alexandrian Canon compiled by Aristophanes of Byzantium and Aristarchus of Samothrace in… … Wikipedia
Demosthenes — For other historical and fictional personages named Demosthenes, see Demosthenes (disambiguation). Demosthenes Bust of Demosthenes (Louvre, Paris, France) Born … Wikipedia