Funeral orations

thumb|George W. Bush delivers the eulogy at [[Ronald Reagan's state funeral, June 2004.]]

thumb|right|Jan Kochanowski with dead daughter in painting inspired by the poet's Laments

Socratic dialogue of Plato

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12th-century Hungarian text

The consolatio or consolatory oration is a type of ceremonial oratory, typically used rhetorically to comfort mourners at funerals. It was one of the most popular classical rhetoric topics, and received new impetus under Renaissance humanism.

speech attributed to Demosthenes

Eulogy of IDF Chief of the General Staff Moshe Dayan for Ro'i Rothberg, security officer of Kibbutz Nahal Oz, killed on duty in Lag BaOmer, 29 April 1956, which is considered an influential speech in Israeli history

preaching at a service for the dead and publication type