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... Dionysius of Halicarnassus , that he was born ' a little before the Persian wars , ' which would make him older than the account of Pamphila , who gives B.C. 484 as his birth year . As it seems likely , from the absence of later ...
... Dionysius of Halicarnassus , that he was born ' a little before the Persian wars , ' which would make him older than the account of Pamphila , who gives B.C. 484 as his birth year . As it seems likely , from the absence of later ...
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... Dionysius Hal . gives , as an example , Herodotus ' words : Kpoîσos Λυδὸς μὲν γένος , παῖς δὲ ̓Αλυάττεω , τύραννος δὲ ἐθνέων τῶν ἐντὸς Αλυος TOтaμOû ; which , if periodically constructed , would be : K. ĥv vids μèv ' A. , γένος δὲ Λ ...
... Dionysius Hal . gives , as an example , Herodotus ' words : Kpoîσos Λυδὸς μὲν γένος , παῖς δὲ ̓Αλυάττεω , τύραννος δὲ ἐθνέων τῶν ἐντὸς Αλυος TOтaμOû ; which , if periodically constructed , would be : K. ĥv vids μèv ' A. , γένος δὲ Λ ...
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... Samian or any other local speech . But beyond this the ob- servations of such critics as Hermogenes and Dionysius are un- 1 i . 142 . fortunately confined to general statements that he is the chief CH . II . 35 HIS DIALECT .
... Samian or any other local speech . But beyond this the ob- servations of such critics as Hermogenes and Dionysius are un- 1 i . 142 . fortunately confined to general statements that he is the chief CH . II . 35 HIS DIALECT .
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... Dionysius of Halicarnassus , fully appreciated his perfection in style , though they , of course , set it down to a conscious theory , 1 But Aristotle , in his Rhetoric , speaks of him as a typical historian . and not to the natural ...
... Dionysius of Halicarnassus , fully appreciated his perfection in style , though they , of course , set it down to a conscious theory , 1 But Aristotle , in his Rhetoric , speaks of him as a typical historian . and not to the natural ...
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... Dionysius ; but who mentioned circumstances concerning the battle of Arginusæ ( 408 B.C . ) , 1 and must therefore be regarded as a later writer than Herodotus . Nevertheless , he seems not to have been so perfect an artist , and to ...
... Dionysius ; but who mentioned circumstances concerning the battle of Arginusæ ( 408 B.C . ) , 1 and must therefore be regarded as a later writer than Herodotus . Nevertheless , he seems not to have been so perfect an artist , and to ...
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Page 340 - ... of Demosthenes. He concludes that the onus frobandi lies on the sceptics, and makes out a very reasonable case. Without venturing to decide the question, in which, however, I sympathise with Blass, I will only point out how signally German critics have their sesthetical judgments controlled by their critical conclusions, and in consequence how utterly unsafe they are as to questions of style. Westermann, having made up his mind that the letters were spurious, discovers that he is guided by their...
Page 272 - The shorter eighth chapter wouUl then be an excerpt, put together and added to the Memoirs when the Apologia came to be read and copied out separately. As a defence, though neatly and even elegantly written in the unmistakable vein of Socratic questioning, it is very inferior to Plato's Apologia.
Page 115 - eristic ' or ' antilogic ' method of discussion came in with the schools of philosophy in the time of Pericles, and the practice of it was maintained till quite lately in the ' keeping an act ' in the theological schools of the Universities.
Page 388 - Rome ; they represent a refined and careworn, but somewhat hard face, in which thought and perhaps bodily suffering have drawn deep furrows. His policy was Macedonian and anti-Demosthenic, and for this reason he was assailed by many sham patriots.
Page 112 - We find in his description of battles generally, and of this battle beyond all others, a depth and abundance of human emotion which has now passed out of military proceedings. The Greeks who fight, like the Greeks who look on, are not soldiers withdrawn from the community, and specialized...
Page 23 - WORK. 23 can be far better appreciated by a perusal of any twenty chapters. The plan is distinctly stated at the opening. It is to narrate the great conflict of Greeks and barbarians ; so that the glorious deeds of both may not perish, and that their true causes may be known. Herodotus thus chooses no petty quarrel between neighbouring Greek cities, no dispute of transitory moment, but the great shock of East and West, of liberty and despotism, which has lasted in many Protean phases up to the present...