Personification and the Use of Abstract Subjects in the Attic Orators and Thukydides, Part 1Johns Hopkins University, 1901 - 49 pages |
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... ( Rhet . Gr . Sp . II 544 ) praises the dic- The Verb tion of Demosthenes 55 , 24 : a jar of wine had πάσχειν . been overturned , she said , but it had suffered no injury ( où μévtoi nabɛiv je oùdév ) ' , and observes that the literal ...
... ( Rhet . Gr . Sp . II 544 ) praises the dic- The Verb tion of Demosthenes 55 , 24 : a jar of wine had πάσχειν . been overturned , she said , but it had suffered no injury ( où μévtoi nabɛiv je oùdév ) ' , and observes that the literal ...
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... Rhet . 3 , 2 , 1404 , b . A similar elevated tone may safely be attributed to TOVεTV , used of inanimate things , as Dem . 18 , 194 novŋoávtwv αὐτῷ τῶν σκευῶν ἢ καὶ συντριβέντων ὅλως ; Th . 7 , 38 ( ἡ ναῦς ) ; perhaps also to zvduvevety ...
... Rhet . 3 , 2 , 1404 , b . A similar elevated tone may safely be attributed to TOVεTV , used of inanimate things , as Dem . 18 , 194 novŋoávtwv αὐτῷ τῶν σκευῶν ἢ καὶ συντριβέντων ὅλως ; Th . 7 , 38 ( ἡ ναῦς ) ; perhaps also to zvduvevety ...
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... Rhet . Min . , p . 15 ; Phoib . ap . Sp . Rhet . Gr . III 52 ; Anon . ib . 212 ; Georg . Choirob . ib . 254 ; Ernesti , Lex . Technol . Gr . s . V. προσωποποιία , and compare the use of πρόσωπον in Dionys . Ep . 2 ad Ammae . 14 ; Schol ...
... Rhet . Min . , p . 15 ; Phoib . ap . Sp . Rhet . Gr . III 52 ; Anon . ib . 212 ; Georg . Choirob . ib . 254 ; Ernesti , Lex . Technol . Gr . s . V. προσωποποιία , and compare the use of πρόσωπον in Dionys . Ep . 2 ad Ammae . 14 ; Schol ...
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... ( Rhet . 3 , 11 ; cf. Dio Chrys . 12 , 410 ; Plin . Ep . 9 , 26 , 6 ) . Ex- amples cited are A 574 ( δοῦρα ) ἐν γαίῃ ἵσταντο λιλαιόμενα χροὸς ἆσαι ; Ο 542 αἰχμὴ δὲ στέρνοιο διέσσυτο μαιμώωσα ; λ 598 λᾶας ἀναιδής ; Ν 587 . 799 ; A 126.1 ...
... ( Rhet . 3 , 11 ; cf. Dio Chrys . 12 , 410 ; Plin . Ep . 9 , 26 , 6 ) . Ex- amples cited are A 574 ( δοῦρα ) ἐν γαίῃ ἵσταντο λιλαιόμενα χροὸς ἆσαι ; Ο 542 αἰχμὴ δὲ στέρνοιο διέσσυτο μαιμώωσα ; λ 598 λᾶας ἀναιδής ; Ν 587 . 799 ; A 126.1 ...
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... Rhet . 3 , 10 . ( b ) Personifica- tion of πατρίς and πόλις Far more frequent in prose is the personification of πατρίς ( following the analogy of πόλις ) , and of names of lands and countries . Ε . g . Dem . 18 , 280 τοὺς αὐτοὺς φιλεῖν ...
... Rhet . 3 , 10 . ( b ) Personifica- tion of πατρίς and πόλις Far more frequent in prose is the personification of πατρίς ( following the analogy of πόλις ) , and of names of lands and countries . Ε . g . Dem . 18 , 280 τοὺς αὐτοὺς φιλεῖν ...
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