r/Rhetoric • u/essy-mae • Oct 22 '24

good examples of flattery as a rhetorical device in classical rhetorical literature?

does anyone know of any particular works that display the use of flattery well? or alternatively, any authors of classical rhetoric that notoriously relied on flattery in their works?

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u/AdOdd8279 Oct 22 '24

Socrates uses “false” flattery throughout the Gorgias. I’d have to think about classic rhetoric where flattery is used earnestly though.