Eidolopoeia
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Eidolopoeia is a noun meaning (rhetoric) A rhetorical technique in which a speech is attributed to a deceased person, a phantom, an image or an idol.
Meaning
(rhetoric) A rhetorical technique in which a speech is attributed to a deceased person, a phantom, an image or an idol.
Example Sentences
The status of the speaker at the time the speech is imagined as being given is what determines whether it is ethopoeia or eidolopoeia. A speech Heracles might have given while alive is an example of ethopoeia, a speech he might have given after death is an eidolopoeia
Word Forms
- eidolopeia
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include eidolopeia, ethopoeia, prosopopoeia, onomatopoeia, epiphora, prosopopeia.
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