•
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 •
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
1 Corinthians 13; the prologue is verses 1–3, acts are v. 4–7, comparison is v. 8–12, and epilogue is 13:13–14:1. ==References==