English Dictionary

ethopoeia

noun

(uncountable) A rhetorical technique in which the speaker or author presents an imaginary speech by a real person, portraying that person's known characteristics and propensities.

Ethopoeia is a literary device that involves the representation of character through their speech and dialogue.

意味（1）

(uncountable) A rhetorical technique in which the speaker or author presents an imaginary speech by a real person, portraying that person's known characteristics and propensities.

The situation envisioned is the contest for a prize described in Herodotus 8.123 and cast in the form of ethopoeia.

意味（2）

(countable) An instance of this technique.

In their ethopoeias of the ideal lover, de la Torre, Ribera, and Luduefia emphasize, as we have seen, eloquence, good physical proportions, youth, elegance, discretion and honesty.