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Notes On Longinus Iiepi YΨOyΣ

Notes On Longinus Iiepi YΨOyΣ NOTES ON LONGINUS IIEPI Y Ψ OY Σ BY G. J. DE VRIES The title of these notes needs perhaps some defence. More than half a century ago Prickard wrote: "The difficulty long felt as to the combination of the Greek and Roman names Dionysius- Longinus may not be insuperable; but, when the names are those of the best-known critics of Antiquity, it is much to ask to believe that they were ever borne in real life by one man" 1). The warning remains salutary; still, Boyd has made so strong a case 2) that I think Longinus' name may be freed from its usual prefix or inverted commas. For 1tÀ?v Leb6gue has "aussi bien", Rostagni "o". Neither of these translations has enough of the restrictive-adversative force which is to be found in Longinus' usage of (IV I, IX 7, XI 2, XXXVI 4; this last is lacking in Rhys Roberts' Index Gyaecitatis). The words .... È1t(X?ve?v are a mitigating appendix, added to the criticism of Caecilius in I I, and leading up to the sentence È1teL 8' 'EvexeXe6aw which contains the contrast to the opening This striking Latinism (ut .... ita with adversative-restrictive meaning; XLIII 3 is http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Mnemosyne Brill

Notes On Longinus Iiepi YΨOyΣ

Mnemosyne , Volume 12 (1): 54 – Jan 1, 1959

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Brill
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© 1959 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0026-7074
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1568-525X
DOI
10.1163/156852559X00031
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NOTES ON LONGINUS IIEPI Y Ψ OY Σ BY G. J. DE VRIES The title of these notes needs perhaps some defence. More than half a century ago Prickard wrote: "The difficulty long felt as to the combination of the Greek and Roman names Dionysius- Longinus may not be insuperable; but, when the names are those of the best-known critics of Antiquity, it is much to ask to believe that they were ever borne in real life by one man" 1). The warning remains salutary; still, Boyd has made so strong a case 2) that I think Longinus' name may be freed from its usual prefix or inverted commas. For 1tÀ?v Leb6gue has "aussi bien", Rostagni "o". Neither of these translations has enough of the restrictive-adversative force which is to be found in Longinus' usage of (IV I, IX 7, XI 2, XXXVI 4; this last is lacking in Rhys Roberts' Index Gyaecitatis). The words .... È1t(X?ve?v are a mitigating appendix, added to the criticism of Caecilius in I I, and leading up to the sentence È1teL 8' 'EvexeXe6aw which contains the contrast to the opening This striking Latinism (ut .... ita with adversative-restrictive meaning; XLIII 3 is

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Published: Jan 1, 1959

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