Personification and the Use of Abstract Subjects in the Attic Orators and Thukydides, Part 1Johns Hopkins University, 1901 - 49 pages |
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... freely associated with verbs of action : - ( 1 ) An affection or disposition of the mind stands out so prominently that it appears to be the real agent and to play the part of the person , as Liv . 21 , 8 hinc spes , hinc desperatio ...
... freely associated with verbs of action : - ( 1 ) An affection or disposition of the mind stands out so prominently that it appears to be the real agent and to play the part of the person , as Liv . 21 , 8 hinc spes , hinc desperatio ...
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... freely employs personification ( vópos , λóros , etc. ) fall under the preceding class . ( 4 ) Cases in which the part of the person is ascribed to some leading quality or characteristic of the person ( Periphrasis ) , as Dem . 36 , 6ο ...
... freely employs personification ( vópos , λóros , etc. ) fall under the preceding class . ( 4 ) Cases in which the part of the person is ascribed to some leading quality or characteristic of the person ( Periphrasis ) , as Dem . 36 , 6ο ...
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... freely placed as subjects throughout the Greek language . This use occurs most naturally I. The Popular in the special language of the various arts and professions , but soon passes over in part into the common literary language , where ...
... freely placed as subjects throughout the Greek language . This use occurs most naturally I. The Popular in the special language of the various arts and professions , but soon passes over in part into the common literary language , where ...
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... freely coordinated in the same sentence : Aisch . 2 , 92 ὥς φησι Χάρης ὁ στρατηγὸς καὶ ἡ Entoтoký ; Dem . 19 , 44 ; cf. Ant . 1 , 2. General examples are as follows : Th . 7 , 10 èπioтoàǹy dyλovoav totáde ; ib . 16 , 1 ; 1 , 129 in ...
... freely coordinated in the same sentence : Aisch . 2 , 92 ὥς φησι Χάρης ὁ στρατηγὸς καὶ ἡ Entoтoký ; Dem . 19 , 44 ; cf. Ant . 1 , 2. General examples are as follows : Th . 7 , 10 èπioтoàǹy dyλovoav totáde ; ib . 16 , 1 ; 1 , 129 in ...
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... freely alternating in the same passage , as Aisch . 1 , 13-20 , or the one is to be supplied from the other , as Dem . 24 , 34-36 . The stage of conscious personification has long since been past with this word , and very bold figures ...
... freely alternating in the same passage , as Aisch . 1 , 13-20 , or the one is to be supplied from the other , as Dem . 24 , 34-36 . The stage of conscious personification has long since been past with this word , and very bold figures ...
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