In the name of the brother: encomium and invective in Gregory of Nazianzen’s “Funeral oration for his brother Caesarius"
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This paper offers a study of a section of Gregory of Nazianzus’ Or. 7, Funeral oration for his brother Caesarius. In particular, the paper analyzes a διήγημα that Gregory composed to narrate an encounter between his brother and the pagan emperor Julian. Gregory resorted to the oratorical and rhetorical elements involved in this encounter to highlight the pious ethos of Caesarius as opposed to the anti-Christian behaviour displayed by Julian. The aim of this analysis is to underline the interpretative possibilities that a rhetorical and literary examination of Gregory’s epitaph provides for a better understanding of the religious history of the 4th century AD.
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