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Two Notes On Greek Prose

Two Notes On Greek Prose 339 Sallust. The explanation for this discrepancy, however, could well be the generic difference between historical narrative and the hortatory letters. To conclude: the inquiry was rudimentary and narrowly based, yet it may suggest that for Latin, unlike Greek, sentence length may not be constant but may be influenced by lapse of time. It is probable also that 'and' words in Latin do not transcend their con- text, as xon does in Greek. The results of the common word analyses are inconclusive. Assuming the null hypothesis that there is a difference between the Epistulae and Sallust's Cat. and Jug., there is no firm evidence in any of the tests carried out that Sallust could not have been the author. The case against Sallust on these grounds remains unproven; the elements which could give discrimi- nation await discovery. TORONTO, Trinity College C. J. McDONOUGH I) Mnem. IV 31 (1978), 179-195. 2) Detailed figures and tables are provided in my M.A. thesis submitted to the University of London in 1965 under the title The Authorship of the Epistulae ad Caesarem. 3) See C. B. Williams, Biometrika 31 (1939-40), 365 f. ; W. C. Wake, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A 120 (1957), 331 f.; A. Q. Morton, The Computer and the Bible (Hodder and Stoughton 1964). 4) See G. Herdan, Language as Choice and Chance (Groningen 1956), 12. TWO NOTES ON GREEK PROSE 1. Denniston, Greek Particles, 6 : .. ".. not found.., I think, in prose". An example from prose : PI. Ap. 34 d 3-7 & clalv ylv TtOU XOH 06&lv« &a6po ?,?vo5 2. Denniston, Greek Prose Style, 95: ".. a particle often picks up a preceding verb in Herodotus and Plato. There are no examples of this idiom in .. Xenophon". Some examples from Xenophon : Cyrop. III 1, 37 BEwvsW s 7tCt.p' &I Anab. I 10, 7 .. 8csaauvc?v Anab. III 3, I .. 7]pt.cyT07TO!.OU?TO. (Xp!.(7T07TO!.OU[JLE?M? 8è: ... See also Anab. IV 3, 11-12 looum Anab. IV 3, 12 .. x«1 ..). The Hebrew University of JERUSALEM RA'ANANA MERIDOR http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Mnemosyne Brill

Two Notes On Greek Prose

Meridor, RA'ANANA
Mnemosyne , Volume 35 (3): 339 – Jan 1, 1982
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339 Sallust. The explanation for this discrepancy, however, could well be the generic difference between historical narrative and the hortatory letters. To conclude: the inquiry was rudimentary and narrowly based, yet it may suggest that for Latin, unlike Greek, sentence length may not be constant but may be influenced by lapse of time. It is probable also that 'and' words in Latin do not transcend their con- text, as xon does in Greek. The results of the common word analyses are inconclusive. Assuming the null hypothesis that there is a difference between the Epistulae and Sallust's Cat. and Jug., there is no firm evidence in any of the tests carried out that Sallust could not have been the author. The case against Sallust on these grounds remains unproven; the elements which could give discrimi- nation await discovery. TORONTO, Trinity College C. J. McDONOUGH I) Mnem. IV 31 (1978), 179-195. 2) Detailed figures and tables are provided in my M.A. thesis submitted to the University of London in 1965 under the title The Authorship of the Epistulae ad Caesarem. 3) See C. B. Williams, Biometrika 31 (1939-40), 365 f. ; W. C. Wake, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A 120 (1957), 331 f.; A. Q. Morton, The Computer and the Bible (Hodder and Stoughton 1964). 4) See G. Herdan, Language as Choice and Chance (Groningen 1956), 12. TWO NOTES ON GREEK PROSE 1. Denniston, Greek Particles, 6 : .. ".. not found.., I think, in prose". An example from prose : PI. Ap. 34 d 3-7 & clalv ylv TtOU XOH 06&lv« &a6po ?,?vo5 2. Denniston, Greek Prose Style, 95: ".. a particle often picks up a preceding verb in Herodotus and Plato. There are no examples of this idiom in .. Xenophon". Some examples from Xenophon : Cyrop. III 1, 37 BEwvsW s 7tCt.p' &I Anab. I 10, 7 .. 8csaauvc?v Anab. III 3, I .. 7]pt.cyT07TO!.OU?TO. (Xp!.(7T07TO!.OU[JLE?M? 8è: ... See also Anab. IV 3, 11-12 looum Anab. IV 3, 12 .. x«1 ..). The Hebrew University of JERUSALEM RA'ANANA MERIDOR

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