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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.
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]
Words cannot describe how sorry I am for your loss. I can’t imagine your pain and grief at this time. Don't hesitate to rely on our friendship as a source of comfort and strength.
A trend in funeral sermons of the Renaissance and Reformation was a move away from the thematic sermon closely allied to scholasticism, towards an approach based on Renaissance humanism. [2] In Spain, for example, the two were combined, the analytical and verbal style joined to humanist epideictic . [ 3 ]
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.
Pericles' Funeral Oration, delivered at the end of the first year of the First Peloponnesian War to honor the Athenian war dead and their society; A Funeral Oration (Lysias) by Lysias, one of the "Canon of Ten" Attic orators (Speech 2 in Lamb's translation) Funeral Oration (band), a punk rock band from Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Anchored by spiritual performances and heartfelt speeches from his friends and family, DMX’s Homegoing Celebration on Sunday was less of a funeral and more of a celebration of the legendary ...
At Carter’s Funeral, 5 Presidents Shaped By His Example. Philip Elliott. January 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM. This article is part of The D.C. Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter.