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121Demosthenes' Funeral Oration — (Greek: Ἐπιτάφιος Λόγος) was delivered between August and September of 338 BC, just after the Battle of Chaeronea. It constitutes along with the Erotic Essay the two epideictic orations of the prominent Athenian statesman and orator, which are… …
122Sophists (The) — The sophists G. B. Kerferd In the fifth century BC the term sophistēs was used in Greece as a name to designate a particular profession, that of certain travelling teachers who went from city to city giving lectures and providing instruction in a …
123orateur — orateur, trice [ ɔratɶr, tris ] n. • v. 1355; lat. orator 1 ♦ Personne qui compose et prononce des discours. ⇒ conférencier. Orateur religieux (⇒ prédicateur) , politique (⇒ tribun) . Une femme orateur, une oratrice (rare). « pour apprécier… …
124Homiletics — (Gr. homiletikos , from homilos , to assemble together), in theology the application of the general principles of rhetoric to the specific department of public preaching. The one who practices or studies homiletics is called a homilist .… …
125Quintilian — /kwin til yeuhn, ee euhn/, n. (Marcus Fabius Quintilianus) A.D. c35 c95, Roman rhetorician. * * * Latin Marcus Fabius Quintilianus born AD 35, Calagurris Nassica, Hispania Tarraconensis died after 96, Rome Latin teacher and writer. Quintilian was …
126Cicero, Marcus Tullius — born 106 BC, Arpinum, Latium died Dec. 7, 43 BC, Formiae Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, and writer. Born to a wealthy family, he quickly established a brilliant career in law and plunged into politics, then rife with factionalism and… …
127ancient Greek civilization — ▪ historical region, Eurasia Introduction the period following Mycenaean civilization, which ended in about 1200 BC, to the death of Alexander the Great, in 323 BC. It was a period of political, philosophical, artistic, and scientific… …
128Samoa 'ava ceremony — The ʻaumaga, ava makers must follow etiquette and cultural protocol in the making and serving of the ava. It is usually an honour to be selected for the ceremony. The ʻaumaga, with prescribed roles in the ceremony, were a select guild in the past …
