panegyric
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thumb|Title page of the Panegyric of Leonardo Loredan (1503), created in honour of [[Leonardo Loredan, 75th Doge of Venice, now in the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore]]
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thumb|Title page of the Panegyric of Leonardo Loredan (1503), created in honour of [[Leonardo Loredan, 75th Doge of Venice, now in the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore]]
A panegyric ( or ) or praise poem is a formal public speech or written verse, delivered in high praise of a person or thing. The original panegyrics were speeches delivered at public events in ancient Athens.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “panegyric” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.