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(Gk 'pertaining to public assembly'). Poem or speech of public praise, usually for a person of renown (e.g., the king, a minister of state, a war hero). Originally, panegyric was a branch of rhetoric whose rules were laid down in the rhetorical works of Menander and Hermogenes. Scaliger also provides its rules in ''Poetics Libri Septem'' (1561). | |||
== | == Examples from Classical Times == | ||
- the festival oration delivered by Isocrates (436-338 BC) on the occasion of the Olympic games in 380 BC | |||
- Pliny the Younger's (AD 61-c 113) euology on Roman Emperor Trajan | |||
== | == Examples from Restoration Times == | ||
- [[John Dryden]], "Astraea Redux. A Poem on the Happy Restoration and Return of his Sacred Majesty Charles the Second" (1660) | |||
- [[Nahum Tate]], "Come Ye Sons of Art" (1694) | |||
== '''Sources''' == | == '''Sources''' == | ||
Cuddon, J.A., ed. ''The Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory''. Penguin Reference: London, 1999. | Cuddon, J.A., ed. ''The Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory''. Penguin Reference: London, 1999. | ||
Latest revision as of 10:06, 19 December 2018
(Gk 'pertaining to public assembly'). Poem or speech of public praise, usually for a person of renown (e.g., the king, a minister of state, a war hero). Originally, panegyric was a branch of rhetoric whose rules were laid down in the rhetorical works of Menander and Hermogenes. Scaliger also provides its rules in Poetics Libri Septem (1561).
Examples from Classical Times
- the festival oration delivered by Isocrates (436-338 BC) on the occasion of the Olympic games in 380 BC
- Pliny the Younger's (AD 61-c 113) euology on Roman Emperor Trajan
Examples from Restoration Times
- John Dryden, "Astraea Redux. A Poem on the Happy Restoration and Return of his Sacred Majesty Charles the Second" (1660)
- Nahum Tate, "Come Ye Sons of Art" (1694)
Sources
Cuddon, J.A., ed. The Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory. Penguin Reference: London, 1999.