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  2. Funeral oration (ancient Greece) - Wikipedia

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    A funeral oration or epitaphios logos (Ancient Greek: ἐπιτάφιος λόγος) is a formal speech delivered on the ceremonial occasion of a funeral.Funerary customs comprise the practices used by a culture to remember the dead, from the funeral itself, to various monuments, prayers, and rituals undertaken in their honour.

  3. Pericles's Funeral Oration - Wikipedia

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    We can be reasonably sure that Pericles delivered a speech at the end of the first year of the war, but there is no consensus as to what degree Thucydides's record resembles Pericles's actual speech. [ b ] Another confusing factor is that Pericles is known to have delivered another funeral oration in BC 440 during the Samian War . [ 8 ]

  4. Eulogy - Wikipedia

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    George W. Bush delivers the eulogy at Ronald Reagan's state funeral, June 2004. A eulogy (from εὐλογία, eulogia, Classical Greek, eu for "well" or "true", logia for "words" or "text", together for "praise") is a speech or writing in praise of a person, especially one who recently died or retired, or as a term of endearment.

  5. Column: John Lewis' funeral, a rhetorical master class, shows ...

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    Eulogies delivered by Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and others at the funeral of John Lewis honored the man — and the power of the spoken word.

  6. Melania Trump Delivers Eulogy at 'Beloved' Mother Amalija ...

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    Melania Trump delivered an emotional eulogy speech at her late mother Amalija Knavs’ funeral service. “My mother, the epitome of elegance and grace, exemplified the essence of a true woman ...

  7. Laudatio Iuliae amitae - Wikipedia

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    The laudatio Iuliae amitae ("Eulogy for Aunt Julia") is a funeral oration that Julius Caesar said in 68 BC to honor his dead aunt Julia, the widow of Marius. [1] [2] The introduction of this laudatio funebris is reproduced in the work Divus Iulius by the Roman historian Suetonius: [3]

  8. Watch Queen Elizabeth's Televised Speech After Princess Diana ...

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    Here, watch Queen Elizabeth's tribute to Princess Diana after her death, broadcast from the balcony of Buckingham Palace on September 5, 1997: The full text of Queen Elizabeth's televised speech ...

  9. Moshe Dayan's eulogy for Ro'i Rothberg - Wikipedia

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    According to Jean-Pierre Filiu, following the killing, emotions in Israel "ran high", leading Dayan to travel to the kibbutz to give the funeral oration. [9] Yesterday morning Ro’i was murdered. Dazzled by the calm of the morning, he did not see those waiting in ambush for him at the edge of the furrow.