Personification and the Use of Abstract Subjects in the Attic Orators and Thukydides, Part 1Johns Hopkins University, 1901 - 49 pages |
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... Similarly the term ' abstract ' subject is often employed in the general sense of ' non - personal . ' 2 Usener , Götternamen , p . 371 ff . , holds that the earliest stratum of Greek abstract nouns , viz . , the feminines of the a ...
... Similarly the term ' abstract ' subject is often employed in the general sense of ' non - personal . ' 2 Usener , Götternamen , p . 371 ff . , holds that the earliest stratum of Greek abstract nouns , viz . , the feminines of the a ...
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... similarly low rank in respect also to the use of the articular inf . , see Prof. Gildersleeve , A. J. P. , VIII , 332 . analysis of it may be offered . Demosthenes undoubtedly stands 6 PERSONIFICATION AND USE OF ABSTRACT SUBJECTS.
... similarly low rank in respect also to the use of the articular inf . , see Prof. Gildersleeve , A. J. P. , VIII , 332 . analysis of it may be offered . Demosthenes undoubtedly stands 6 PERSONIFICATION AND USE OF ABSTRACT SUBJECTS.
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... Similarly the speeches attributed to Gorgias himself abound in poetical and fanciful personifications at every turn . Hence the abstract sub- ject and poetical diction are often found together , as Ant . 1 , 13 δίκη δὲ κυβερνήσειεν ...
... Similarly the speeches attributed to Gorgias himself abound in poetical and fanciful personifications at every turn . Hence the abstract sub- ject and poetical diction are often found together , as Ant . 1 , 13 δίκη δὲ κυβερνήσειεν ...
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... Similarly the Greeks of historical times honored their chief rivers as divine beings with shrines and sacrifices , see Welcker , I , 652 f .; Preller , I , 447 f .; A. Gerber , Naturpersonif . , JJ . Suppl . Bd . XIII , 269 ff . Viewed ...
... Similarly the Greeks of historical times honored their chief rivers as divine beings with shrines and sacrifices , see Welcker , I , 652 f .; Preller , I , 447 f .; A. Gerber , Naturpersonif . , JJ . Suppl . Bd . XIII , 269 ff . Viewed ...
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... Similarly with ὑπό after a passive verb : I , 49 ὑπὸ τῶν νόμων τοὺς πολίτας ἐνεδρεύεσθαι ; [ 2 ] , 19. 61. - Dem . 20 , 155 τὸν νόμον ὃς διαρρήδην λέγει , ib . 160 ; 22 , 6. 57 ; 23 , 62 ἠκούσατε τοῦ νόμου λέγοντος ἄντικρυς , 37 , 19 ...
... Similarly with ὑπό after a passive verb : I , 49 ὑπὸ τῶν νόμων τοὺς πολίτας ἐνεδρεύεσθαι ; [ 2 ] , 19. 61. - Dem . 20 , 155 τὸν νόμον ὃς διαρρήδην λέγει , ib . 160 ; 22 , 6. 57 ; 23 , 62 ἠκούσατε τοῦ νόμου λέγοντος ἄντικρυς , 37 , 19 ...
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