#ancient oratory

• Asianism — A rhetorical and literary style that emerged in the schools of eloquence of Asia Minor during the 3rd century BC, characterized by highly ornamental, artificial expression, rich in figures of speech, rhythmic, and often bombastic. In the history of ancient oratory, this structural current opposed the severe and sober classicism represented by Atticism, emphasizing pathos, sound effects, and an ample phraseological construction designed to auditively impress the audience.
• Asianism — A bookish form or academic variant synonymous with 'asianism'; it designates the highly ornate, florid, and bombastic rhetorical and literary style promoted by the orators of Asia Minor in antiquity. It can also describe a linguistic feature, a structural expression, or a set of cultural traits specific to Asian peoples transposed into another cultural environment.