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... verse . But imitation of what ? Of human and divine actions , the Stoics said . It follows that those who do not sing human or divine actions are not poets . Thus Homer was not a poet when he described the war between the frogs and the ...
... verse . But imitation of what ? Of human and divine actions , the Stoics said . It follows that those who do not sing human or divine actions are not poets . Thus Homer was not a poet when he described the war between the frogs and the ...
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... verse and other ornaments . For , as Pindar says in the same passage : ' But the Grace of song , that maketh for man all things that soothe him , by adding her spell , full often causeth even what is past belief to be indeed believed ...
... verse and other ornaments . For , as Pindar says in the same passage : ' But the Grace of song , that maketh for man all things that soothe him , by adding her spell , full often causeth even what is past belief to be indeed believed ...
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... verse in Latin and Italian ; also Annales Genuenses , in five books , on the period 1528-50 . CAPELLA , MARTIANUS ( 5th c . A.D. ) , Latin writer from northern Africa ; chief work an allegory in prose and verse , De Nuptiis Philologiae ...
... verse in Latin and Italian ; also Annales Genuenses , in five books , on the period 1528-50 . CAPELLA , MARTIANUS ( 5th c . A.D. ) , Latin writer from northern Africa ; chief work an allegory in prose and verse , De Nuptiis Philologiae ...
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