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- Asyndeton and its Interpretation in Latin Literature
- Frontispiece
- Asyndeton and its Interpretation in Latin Literature
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Part 1 Introduction
- Part 2 ‘Grammatical’ Types
- Part 3 Semantic Types
- Part 4 Structures
- Chapter XVI Rule of Ascending Length (?)
- Chapter XVII Correlative Distribution
- Chapter XVIII End-Of-List Coordination and ‘Weak’ Asyndeton Bimembre
- Chapter XIX Accumulations of Asyndeta: a Few Patterns
- Chapter XX Discontinuous Asyndeton and Conjunct Hyperbaton
- Chapter XXI Asyndetic Pairs Dependent on a Single Preposition
- Part 5 Genres And Texts
- Part 6 Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Subject Index
- Index Mainly of Selected Pairs and Longer Sequences
- Selective Index Locorum
Chapter XVI - Rule of Ascending Length (?)
from Part 4 - Structures
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 May 2021
- Asyndeton and its Interpretation in Latin Literature
- Frontispiece
- Asyndeton and its Interpretation in Latin Literature
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Part 1 Introduction
- Part 2 ‘Grammatical’ Types
- Part 3 Semantic Types
- Part 4 Structures
- Chapter XVI Rule of Ascending Length (?)
- Chapter XVII Correlative Distribution
- Chapter XVIII End-Of-List Coordination and ‘Weak’ Asyndeton Bimembre
- Chapter XIX Accumulations of Asyndeta: a Few Patterns
- Chapter XX Discontinuous Asyndeton and Conjunct Hyperbaton
- Chapter XXI Asyndetic Pairs Dependent on a Single Preposition
- Part 5 Genres And Texts
- Part 6 Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Subject Index
- Index Mainly of Selected Pairs and Longer Sequences
- Selective Index Locorum
Summary
It is often said, not least in relation to Greek tragedy, that if the two members of an asyndetic pair are not of the same syllabic length the longer term will usually be placed second. The rule for Greek seems to be stated mainly in reference to asyndetic pairs of verbs. Diggle (1994: 99), for example, says: ‘When, in his lyrics, Euripides juxtaposes a pair of verbs in asyndeton, he observes the practice of sound rhetoric: he makes the second verb equal in length to the first, so that it may balance it, or he makes it longer, so that it may outweigh it.’ Twenty-two examples are quoted, with just one case where the rhetorical tendency is not observed. The pairs quite often have the same fore-element. On p. 100 Diggle states that he has included in the list only passages where the verbs are absolute or have a common object.
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- Asyndeton and its Interpretation in Latin LiteratureHistory, Patterns, Textual Criticism, pp. 177 - 187Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021