eidolopoeia
Definitions
A rhetorical technique in which a speech is attributed to a deceased person, a phantom, an image or an idol.
Equivalents
Examples
“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”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
See also
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