Ἐγκώμιον
encomium
Translated by Marcelo Boeri3 Jun 2004Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Encomium] differs from praise.1 For praise is a laudatory discourse praising one action, but encomium [is] an encomiastic discourse encompassing in itself many actions. And a letter praising one action of someone is called 'epainetic', but 'encomiastic' [when praising] many [such actions].
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἐγκώμιον ἐπαίνου διαφέρει· ἔπαινος μὲν γάρ ἐστι λόγος ἐπαινετικὸς μίαν πρᾶξιν ἐπαινῶν, ἐγκώμιον δὲ λόγος ἐγκωμιαστικὸς πολλὰς ἐν ἑαυτῷ πράξεις περιλαμβάνων. καὶ ἐπιστολὴ ἡ μίαν πρᾶξιν ἐπαινοῦσά τινος ἐπαινετικὴ καλεῖται, ἡ δὲ πολλὰς ἐγκωμιαστική.