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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. [1] [2] [3]
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.
In Spain, for example, the two were combined, the analytical and verbal style joined to humanist epideictic. [3] While the contemporary assumption may be that a funeral sermon contains a significant element of life writing on the subject, in the past the inclusion of life writing was in tension with religious messages.
The Funeral Oration is significant because it differs from the usual form of Athenian funeral speeches. [10] David Cartwright describes it as "a eulogy of Athens itself...". [11] The speech glorifies Athens' achievements, designed to stir the spirits of a state still at war.
U.S. President Joe Biden, who last year said that Carter had asked him to deliver the eulogy at his funeral, has directed that Jan. 9 be a national day of mourning for Carter throughout the U.S.
Boatswain's Monument at Newstead Abbey A Landseer dog, the breed Byron eulogized, painted by Edwin Henry Landseer, 1802–1873 "Epitaph to a Dog" (also sometimes referred to as "Inscription on the Monument to a Newfoundland Dog") is a poem by the British poet Lord Byron.
Vice President Kamala Harris delivered one of the eulogies for Carter, who died on Dec. 29 at the age of 100. Former President Jimmy Carter will lie in state at the Capitol from Tuesday evening ...
The Rev. Al Sharpton is scheduled deliver a eulogy for a Black man who died last month after being pinned to the ground by hotel security guards in Milwaukee, his office said Tuesday. The death of ...