In one section, the author praises Herodotus for his sentence "The goddess afflicted those Scythians who pillaged the temple with unsexing malady" for his extreme skill with periphrasis. This work controversially claims that the Odyssey is a mere epilogue to the Illiad in its 12th chapter, while ano
In one section, the author praises Herodotus for his sentence "The goddess afflicted those Scythians who pillaged the temple with unsexing malady" for his extreme skill with periphrasis. This work controversially claims that the Odyssey is a mere epilogue to the Illiad in its 12th chapter, while another section notes how how the passions are aroused to describe the "power of images." Another section labels various rhetorical techniques polyptota and describes the "multiplication" of proper nouns. The title concept is said to come form five sources of elevation, two of which are "noble diction" and the "use of metaphors." Addressed to Postumius Terentius, this work equates the titular concept with a "lofty tone, and its author was an advisor for Queen Zenobia of Palmyra. For 10 points, name this treatise by Longinus.
In one section, the author praises Herodotus for his sentence "The goddess afflicted those Scythians who pillaged the temple with unsexing malady" for his extreme skill with periphrasis.
On the Sublime