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==Examples== * [[Gorgias]]' famous ''[[Encomium of Helen]]'' offers several justifications for excusing [[Helen of Troy]]'s adultery * In [[Erasmus]]' ''[[In Praise of Folly]]'', Folly composes an encomium to herself * ''[[De Pippini regis Victoria Avarica]]'' is a medieval encomium of the victory of [[Pepin of Italy]] over the [[Avars (Carpathians)|Avars]] * ''[[Encomium Emmae Reginae]]'' is a medieval encomium of Queen [[Emma of Normandy]] * ''[[Laudes Mediolanensis civitatis]]'' or ''Versum de Mediolano civitate'' is a medieval encomium of [[Milan]] * ''[[Versus de Verona]]'' is a medieval encomium of [[Verona]] * ''[[Polychronion]]'' is chanted in the liturgy of Churches which follow the [[Byzantine Rite]] * [[Paul the Apostle]] uses a kind of encomium in his praise of love, in [[First Epistle to the Corinthians|1 Corinthians]] 13; the prologue is verses 1β3, acts are v. 4β7, comparison is v. 8β12, and epilogue is 13:13β14:1.<ref>[[David E. Garland]], Baker Exegetical Commentary, 1 Corinthians, 606, based on the work of Sigountos.</ref>
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