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The enchantment of Herodotus's style has always been admitted . When one of Thackeray's first novels appeared , a critic asked : “ Where did you get that style ? ” Herodotus , if asked this question , might reply that his style did not ...
The enchantment of Herodotus's style has always been admitted . When one of Thackeray's first novels appeared , a critic asked : “ Where did you get that style ? ” Herodotus , if asked this question , might reply that his style did not ...
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Aristotle instances Herodotus as an example of the running or what has been called the “ bead - stringing " style . But any writer who rises above tediousness will sometimes employ the periodic style . Herodotus's style has a remarkable ...
Aristotle instances Herodotus as an example of the running or what has been called the “ bead - stringing " style . But any writer who rises above tediousness will sometimes employ the periodic style . Herodotus's style has a remarkable ...
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With him as with Meredith , the style is the man . Thucydides was the first writer of sustained Attic prose . There was no tradition ; Antiphon was his only predecessor , and he wrote speeches .
With him as with Meredith , the style is the man . Thucydides was the first writer of sustained Attic prose . There was no tradition ; Antiphon was his only predecessor , and he wrote speeches .
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Paul Shorey | 57 |
THE POETIC STRUCTURE OF THE ODYSSEY | 97 |
ANCIENT EMPIRES AND THE MODERN WORLD | 125 |
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