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en-wikipedia-org-8564		Encomium - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	581	71	55	Encomium Wikipedia This article needs additional citations for verification. Encomium is a Latin word deriving from the Ancient Greek enkomion (ἐγκώμιον), meaning "the praise of a person or thing."[1] Another Latin equivalent is laudatio, a speech in praise of someone or something. Encomium also refers to several distinct aspects of rhetoric: A literary genre that included five elements: prologue, birth and upbringing, acts of the person's life, comparisons used to praise the subject, and an epilogue[citation needed] Versus de Verona is a medieval encomium of Verona Paul the Apostle uses a kind of encomium in his praise of love, in 1 Corinthians 13; the prologue is verses 1–3, acts are v. External links[edit] Hidden categories: Articles containing Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text Articles needing additional references from March 2011 All articles needing additional references All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from March 2011	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-8564.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-8564.txt