Note 60 — Chapter I · THE SOPHISTIC TREND IN ANCIENT RHETORIC
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The topics for encomium of a person are analyzed by Burgess (120) from Aphthonius, and by Méridier (15, 44, 226) and Burgess (120 seq.) from Menander Rhetor. Menander distinguishes four kinds: simple encomium (of one dead some time), funeral oration, monody, speech of consolation. The topic achievements might also be divided as of war and of peace, or by virtues. That the topic comparison (σύγκρισις) might be distributed, as in Menander, Hermogenes admits below.
Aphthonius Menander
I. prologue
II. race { 1. nationality native country
{ 2. native city race
{ 3. ancestors birth
{ 4. parents nature
III. education { 1. pursuits education
{ 2. art pursuits
{ 3. laws
IV. achievements (the main topic) { 1. of soul { (a) manliness achievements
{ (b) judgment
{ 2. of body { (a) beauty
{ (b) speed
{ (c) strength
{ 3. of fortune { (a) power
{ (b) wealth
{ (c) friends
V. comparison comparison with each of the foregoing
VI. epilogue