ANTENCELEMA, (ἀντι and ἐκλήμα) in Oratory, is where the whole defence of the accused turns on criminating the accuser. Such is the defence of Orestes, or the oration for Milo: Occisus est, sed latro: Eiectus, sed raptor.
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