Panegyricus

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Panegyricus is a famous rhetorical work by the Athenian orator Isocrates that advocates for Greek unity and leadership under Athens against Persia.

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Label Occurrences
Panegyricus canonical 4
Panegyricus (Isocrates) 1
Panegyricus Traiani 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf literary work
oration
rhetorical work
approximateDate 4th century BCE
c. 380 BCE
associatedWith Athenian imperial ideology
Greco-Persian Wars
surface form: Greek–Persian conflicts

Panhellenism
author Isocrates
countryOfOrigin Classical Athens
criticizes Achaemenid Empire
surface form: Persian Empire

disunity among Greek city-states
field ancient political thought
classical philology
rhetoric
genre epideictic oratory
political oratory
hasTitleInEnglish Panegyric
hasTitleInLatin Panegyricus self-link
influenced Roman rhetorical education
later Greek rhetorical theory
influencedBy Greco-Persian Wars
surface form: Persian Wars

earlier Panhellenic ideas
intendedAudience Greek city-state leaders
all Greeks
intendedOccasion Panhellenic festival
language Ancient Greek
literaryForm public speech
mainTheme Athenian leadership of Greece
Greek cooperation against the Persian Empire
Panhellenic unity
opposition to Persia
praises Athenian cultural achievements
Athenian democracy
Athenian military leadership
Athens
preservedIn manuscript tradition of Isocrates
rhetoricalDevice amplification
antithesis
periodic style
setting imagined Panhellenic assembly
structureFeature historical exempla
praise and blame technique
studiedIn classics curricula
rhetoric courses
supports hegemony of Athens over Greece
timePeriod Classical Greece
workOf Isocratean corpus

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Isocrates notableWork Panegyricus
Gaius notableWork Panegyricus
subject surface form: Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus
this entity surface form: Panegyricus Traiani
Panegyricus hasTitleInLatin Panegyricus self-link
Antidosis relatedWork Panegyricus
On the Peace relatedWork Panegyricus
To Philip relatedWork Panegyricus
this entity surface form: Panegyricus (Isocrates)