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t. e. XII Panegyrici Latini or Twelve Latin Panegyrics is the conventional title of a collection of twelve ancient Roman and late antique prose panegyric orations written in Latin. The authors of most of the speeches in the collection are anonymous, but appear to have been Gallic in origin.
The Twelve Latin Panegyrics refers to a compilation of twelve prose orations of ancient Roman and Late Antique origin, celebrated for their eloquent praise. Although the authors of most of these panegyrics remain unidentified, they are believed to have been of Gallic origin. The collection opens with a panegyric by Pliny the Younger, penned in ...
Title page of the Panegyric of Leonardo Loredan (1503), created in honour of Leonardo Loredan, 75th Doge of Venice, now in the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore. A panegyric (US: / ˌ p æ n ɪ ˈ dʒ ɪ r ɪ k / or UK: / ˌ p æ n ɪ ˈ dʒ aɪ r ɪ k /) is a formal public speech or written verse, delivered in high praise of a person or thing. [1]
Oct 13, 1999 · Previously only the two post-Constantinian panegyrics, Nixon’s own translation of Pacatus’ Panegyric 2(12) (re-used in this volume) and Marna Morgan’s translation of Mamertinus’ Panegyric 3(11) were readily available, 1 although a version of Panegyric 10(2) by Nixon had also been published. 2 More recently there has appeared another version of Panegyric 6(7) of 310. 3
- Simon Corcoran
The collection of twelve Latin Panegyrics (XII Panegyrici Latini) was put together in its present form by Latinius Pacatus Drepanius, who delivered a panegyric of Theodosius before the Roman Senate in the presence of the emperor in 389 (Pan. Lat. 2[12]). In what has aptly been styled ‘a clever stroke of ostensible modesty’ (Syme 1968: 113 ...
The origins of Latin panegyric are to be sought in the ancient institution of the *laudatio funebris or ‘funeral eulogy’, and in the custom by which consuls entering upon office thanked the people for their election. Later came fertilization from Greek *rhetoric, whose precepts for praise are best seen in the treatises of *Menander (4) Rhetor.
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The only classical Latin speech that comes down to us under the title 'panegyric' is Pliny's Panegyric , delivered in A.D. 100 in praise of the Emperor Trajan, and subse-quently revised and expanded by him for publication.10 To this we may add three speeches by Cicero: first Pro Marcello , delivered before Caesar in 46 B.C., and
