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GCSE Classics · key term
An appeal that urges an audience to act or adopt a particular attitude, such as encouraging soldiers to stand firm.
Used by OCR
Paper 5
Revise: Authors, Genres and Composition of Classical War TextsTyrtaeus uses elegy for martial exhortation, urging men to behave courageously in war.
An urgent appeal encouraging someone to act or adopt particular behaviour.
For Tyrtaeus, distinguish the values the speaker promotes from evidence of what soldiers actually did. An exhortation is not a battle report.
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A speech or piece of writing that urges people to adopt a particular attitude or take action.