Personification and the Use of Abstract Subjects in the Attic Orators and Thukydides, Part 1Johns Hopkins University, 1901 - 49 pages |
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... persons are applied metaphorically to things . 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 ...
... persons are applied metaphorically to things . 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 ...
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... person , as Liv . 21 , 8 hinc spes , hinc desperatio animos irritat . ( 2 ) Abstract substantives may designate actions so weighty and important in themselves that in our thought they are detached from the acting person and become ...
... person , as Liv . 21 , 8 hinc spes , hinc desperatio animos irritat . ( 2 ) Abstract substantives may designate actions so weighty and important in themselves that in our thought they are detached from the acting person and become ...
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... persons are consciously ascribed to inanimate things ( Personification Proper ) , as Dem . 18,172 ἐκεῖνος ὁ καιρὸς καὶ ἡ ἡμέρα ἐκείνη εὔνουν ἄνδρα ἐκάλει . It will be observed that only those cases of personification are included under ...
... persons are consciously ascribed to inanimate things ( Personification Proper ) , as Dem . 18,172 ἐκεῖνος ὁ καιρὸς καὶ ἡ ἡμέρα ἐκείνη εὔνουν ἄνδρα ἐκάλει . It will be observed that only those cases of personification are included under ...
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... person is ascribed to some leading quality or characteristic of the person ( Periphrasis ) , as Dem . 36 , 6ο μηδ ' ὑμᾶς ἡ τούτου αναίδεια ἐξαπατήσῃ . These last two classes of abstract subjects are closely related to each other and ...
... person is ascribed to some leading quality or characteristic of the person ( Periphrasis ) , as Dem . 36 , 6ο μηδ ' ὑμᾶς ἡ τούτου αναίδεια ἐξαπατήσῃ . These last two classes of abstract subjects are closely related to each other and ...
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... persons . Thus Aristeides ( Rhet . Gr . Sp . II 544 ) praises the dic- The Verb tion of Demosthenes 55 , 24 : a jar of wine had πάσχειν . been overturned ... person , as Ar . Nub . 234 πάσχει δὲ PERSONIFICATION AND USE OF ABSTRACT SUBJECTS 9.
... persons . Thus Aristeides ( Rhet . Gr . Sp . II 544 ) praises the dic- The Verb tion of Demosthenes 55 , 24 : a jar of wine had πάσχειν . been overturned ... person , as Ar . Nub . 234 πάσχει δὲ PERSONIFICATION AND USE OF ABSTRACT SUBJECTS 9.
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