Evagoras

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Evagoras is an encomiastic work by the Athenian orator Isocrates that praises the life and virtues of the Cypriot king Evagoras I.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Evagoras canonical 3
Evagoras I of Salamis 3
King Evagoras I of Salamis 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek prose work ⓘ
encomium ⓘ
work of rhetoric ⓘ
approximateDate c. 365 BC ⓘ
associatedWith Cypriot monarchy ⓘ
Greek-Phoenician interactions in Cyprus ⓘ
author Isocrates ⓘ
circulation manuscript tradition in antiquity ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Classical Athens ⓘ
dedicatedTo Nicocles of Salamis ⓘ
describes life of Evagoras I ⓘ
military achievements of Evagoras I ⓘ
political achievements of Evagoras I ⓘ
didacticFunction mirror for princes ⓘ
genre encomiastic oration ⓘ
epideictic oratory ⓘ
historicalContext Achaemenid Persian Empire ⓘ
linked to: Achaemenid Empire

Classical Cyprus ⓘ
influenced later political thought on kingship ⓘ
intendedAudience Nicocles of Salamis ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
literaryDevice idealization of historical figure ⓘ
literaryForm prose ⓘ
literaryTradition Attic oratory ⓘ
partOf corpus of Isocrates ⓘ
placeInCanon major work of Isocratean epideictic ⓘ
portrays Evagoras I as ideal king ⓘ
praises Evagoras I of Salamis ⓘ
linked to: Evagoras
rhetoricalPurpose moral exemplum ⓘ
praise of a ruler ⓘ
scholarlyField ancient history ⓘ
classics ⓘ
rhetorical studies ⓘ
settingDescribed Salamis in Cyprus ⓘ
structure moral and political exhortation ⓘ
narrative of Evagoras I’s life ⓘ
subject Evagoras I of Salamis ⓘ
linked to: Evagoras
survivesAs complete text ⓘ
theme arete (excellence) ⓘ
education of a ruler ⓘ
good government ⓘ
piety and justice ⓘ
virtue of kingship ⓘ
timeOfComposition 4th century BC ⓘ
usedIn study of Greek political thought ⓘ
study of classical rhetoric ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Isocrates → notableWork → Evagoras ⓘ
Evagoras (Isocrates) → subject → Evagoras I of Salamis ⓘ
subject linked to: Evagoras
linked to: Evagoras
Evagoras (Isocrates) → praises → Evagoras I of Salamis ⓘ
subject linked to: Evagoras
linked to: Evagoras
Neleus → child → Evagoras ⓘ
Periclymenus → sibling → Evagoras ⓘ
Hakor → alliedWith → Evagoras I of Salamis ⓘ
linked to: Evagoras
Salamis (Cyprus) → associatedWith → King Evagoras I of Salamis ⓘ
subject linked to: Cypriot city of Salamis
linked to: Evagoras