Evagoras

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ancient Greek prose work encomium work of rhetoric

Evagoras is an encomiastic work by the Athenian orator Isocrates that praises the life and virtues of the Cypriot king Evagoras I.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Evagoras I of Salamis	2
Evagoras canonical	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Greek prose work ⓘ encomium ⓘ work of rhetoric ⓘ
approximateDate	c. 365 BC ⓘ
associatedWith	Cypriot royal family ⓘ surface form: Cypriot monarchy Greek-Phoenician interactions in Cyprus ⓘ
author	Isocrates ⓘ
circulation	manuscript tradition in antiquity ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Classical Athens ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Nicocles of Salamis ⓘ
describes	life of Evagoras I ⓘ military achievements of Evagoras I ⓘ political achievements of Evagoras I ⓘ
didacticFunction	mirror for princes ⓘ
genre	encomiastic oration ⓘ epideictic oratory ⓘ
historicalContext	Achaemenid Empire ⓘ surface form: Achaemenid Persian Empire Classical Cyprus ⓘ
influenced	later political thought on kingship ⓘ
intendedAudience	Nicocles of Salamis ⓘ
language	Ancient Greek ⓘ
literaryDevice	idealization of historical figure ⓘ
literaryForm	prose ⓘ
literaryTradition	Attic oratory ⓘ
partOf	corpus of Isocrates ⓘ
placeInCanon	major work of Isocratean epideictic ⓘ
portrays	Evagoras I as ideal king ⓘ
praises	Evagoras self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Evagoras I of Salamis
rhetoricalPurpose	moral exemplum ⓘ praise of a ruler ⓘ
scholarlyField	ancient history ⓘ classics ⓘ rhetorical studies ⓘ
settingDescribed	Cypriot city of Salamis ⓘ surface form: Salamis in Cyprus
structure	moral and political exhortation ⓘ narrative of Evagoras I’s life ⓘ
subject	Evagoras self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Evagoras I of Salamis
survivesAs	complete text ⓘ
theme	arete (excellence) ⓘ education of a ruler ⓘ good government ⓘ piety and justice ⓘ virtue of kingship ⓘ
timeOfComposition	4th century BC ⓘ
usedIn	study of Greek political thought ⓘ study of classical rhetoric ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Isocrates → notableWork → Evagoras ⓘ

Evagoras → subject → Evagoras self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Evagoras (Isocrates)

this entity surface form: Evagoras I of Salamis

Evagoras → praises → Evagoras self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Evagoras (Isocrates)

this entity surface form: Evagoras I of Salamis