Latinitas and Hellēnismos: The Influence of the Stoic Theory of Style as Shown in the Writings of Dionysius, Quintilian, Pliny the Younger, Tacitus, Fronto, Aulus Gellius, and Sextus EmpiricusUniversity of Wisconsin--Madison, 1906 - 271 էջ |
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12 Ibid analogia ancient atque Attic Atticists auctoritas AULUS GELLIUS barbarismus brevitas Calvus Cato Chap chapter Cicero citations Concerning consuetudo Demosthenes Dicendi in Demosth dicere diction Diogenes Diogenes the Stoic Dionysius docere elegantia embellished style enim Ennius etiam etymology fault Favorinus Fronto Gellius harmony with nature held the Stoic Herodian Isaeus Isocrates Latinitas letter locuti sunt Lucilius Lysias neque nihil orator oratory passages Pliny PLINY THE YOUNGER praises quae quam quidem Quintilian quod rhetoric says seems sermonis SEXTUS EMPIRICUS soloecismus speech Stoic doctrine Stoic ideal Stoic theory Stoic view style of Thucydides Tacitus Theophrastus theory of style Thucyd Thucydides treatise Varro verbis verborum vetustate words writings ἄν ἀναγκαῖαι ἀρεταὶ γὰρ δὲ ἐκ ἑλληνισμός ἐν καθαρὰ κατὰ κυριολογία λέξις λόγου Λυσίου μὲν ὀνομάτων οὐκ οὖν περὶ σαφήνεια συντομία τὰ τε καὶ τῇ τὴν τῆς τὸ τοῖς τὸν τοῦ τοὺς τῷ φύσιν ὡς
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Էջ 256 - Alexander' the grammarian, to refrain from fault-finding, and not in a reproachful way to chide those who uttered any harbarous or solecistic or strange-sounding expression ; but dexterously to introduce the very expression which ought to have been used, and in the way of answer or giving confirmation, or joining in an inquiry about the thing itself, not about the word, or by some other fit suggestion.
Էջ 233 - Verba a vetustate repetita non solum magnos assertores habent sed etiam afferunt orationi maiestatem aliquam non sine delectatione; nam et auctoritatem antiquitatis habent et, quia intermissa sunt, gratiam novitati similem parant. Sed opus est modo, ut neque crebra sint haec neque manif esta, quia nihil est odiosius affectatione, nee utique ab ultimis et iam oblitteratis repetita temporibus, qualia sunt topper et antegerio et exanclare et prosapia et Saliorum carminavix sacerdotibus suis satis intellecta.
Էջ 265 - plebisscita " et "privilegia" translaticio nomine "legis" appellaverunt eademque omnia confuso et indistincto voca10 bulo " rogationes " dixerunt. Sallustius quoque, proprietatum in verbis retinentissimus, consuetudini concessit et privilegium, quod de Cn. Pompei reditu ferebatur, " legem
Էջ 233 - Non enim, cum primum fingerentur homines, analogia demissa caelo formam loquendi dedit, sed inventa est postquam loquebantur, et notatum in sermone quid quomodo caderet.
Էջ 212 - Stoic theory which bore the name of eAA^v"^? or Latinitas. The reason why the first virtue gave its name to the theory, is quite evident, for the first virtue in a sense embraces the other five. Speech that is pure and unperverted and in harmony with nature, will be of necessity clear, precise, concise, appropriate, and free from all artificiality. This is essentially the form in which we find it in its first extant enunciation.viz., that of Diogenes the Stoic of Babylon as it is reserved in Diogenes...
Էջ 223 - It may be well to close the discussion of this topic by referring to Dionysius' account of Plato's failure in his attempt to fuse the two styles. The account is given in the second chapter of the letter to Pompeius. He says in part: "The language of Plato as I have said before, aspires to unite two several styles, the elevated and the plain, (TOV те ínf/r¡\ov ка1 îo-xvoî) . But it does not succeed equally well at both.
Էջ 247 - We see these men prosing in the courts of judicature after the manner of the ancients (as they call it), till they are deserted by the whole audience, and are scarce supportable even to their very clients; so dreary and squalid they are; so much is their boasted healthy sobriety an evidence of a sickly habit and valetudinary abstinence.
Էջ 260 - cum philosophiae me dedissem, non insuper tarnen habui discere; quoniam civibus Romanis Latine loquentibus rem non < suo > vocabulo demonstrare non minus turpe est quam hominem non suo nomine appellare '. 19.
Էջ 236 - Adhuc quidam nullam esse naturalem putant eloquentiam nisi quae sit cotidiano sermoni simillima, quo cum amicis coniugibus liberis servis loquamur, contento promere animi voluntatem nihilque arcessiti et elaborati requirente...
Էջ 258 - Torquatf] et quid genus, quam formidandae uastitatis et quantum insolens prouocator et cuimodi fuerit pugna decertatum, Q. Claudius primo annalium purissime atque inlustrissime simplicique et incompta orationis antiquae suauitate descri- so psit.