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Epideictic speeches should be varied with
laudatory episodes, after the manner of Isocrates, who is always bringing
somebody in. This is what Gorgias meant when he said that he was never at a loss
for something to say; for, if he is speaking of Peleus, he praises Achilles,
then Aeacus, then the god; similarly courage, which does this and that,1 or is of such a
kind.
Aristotle in 23 Volumes, Vol. 22, translated by J. H. Freese. Aristotle. Cambridge and London. Harvard University Press; William Heinemann Ltd. 1926.
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