The eighth exercise in the progymnasmata series.
A method within rhetorical pedagogy.
A general category of oratory.
Warm praise, especially a formal expression of such praise; a tribute.
A genre of literature that included five elements: prologue, birth and upbringing, acts of the person's life, comparisons used to praise the subject, and an epilogue.
To proceed against (goods, a ship, etc.) by filing a libel claim.
To defame (someone), especially in a manner that meets the legal definition of libel.
The act or tort of displaying such a statement publicly.
Any defamatory writing; a lampoon; a satire.
A written declaration or statement by the plaintiff of their cause of action, and of the relief they seek.
A brief writing of any kind, especially a declaration, bill, certificate, request, supplication, etc.
A written or pictorial false statement which unjustly seeks to damage someone's reputation.