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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 edition. Excerpt: ... Chap. II contains a discussion of the so-called Plurales Societatis, Modestiae, Maiestatis. Examples of these three classes are rare in Homer, but each is represented at least once. Aeschylus also has all of these categories, but with a restriction differing little from the Homeric; they are each used more freely in Sophocles and are frequent in Euripides. In choral parts the coryphaeus speaks of the chorus now as singular, now as plural; a mere caprice of thought or the convenience of the meter seems to decide. Chap. Ill is devoted to plural nouns referring to a single person. Homer sometimes uses the plural as a singular, thus hiding the identity of the person involved, e.g. A 128; tic yap 7/ea- upSv fvyov Tjvujl a-iyaXocvra. The pronoun refers to but one person. Homer conceals the unimportant detail as to who was driving by the convenient plural. Other examples from Homer are given (p. 141). This indefinite, generalizing, allusive plural reaches its widest variety and greatest frequency in tragedy. In fact this plural has a place in the very definition of Greek tragedy. The plural places the individual in a class and thus minuteness is avoided. Pp. 141-64 are devoted to enumerating under fitting subtitles the various examples of allusive plurals. An Index to all the different poetic plurals in the authors studied is given. There are several tantalizing misprints. Mr. Jones has not forced his facts to fit a theory, but has devoted his energy to giving an impartial survey of the field. He has done his task with care, knowledge, and fine discrimination. John A. Scott Northwestern University Inscriptiones Graecae ad inlustrandas diakctos selectae scholarum in usum. Tertium edidit Felix Solmsen. Leipzig: Teubner, 1910. Pp. viii+98. M. 1.60....
| ISBN-13 | 9781153968850 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1153968851 |
| Weight | 1.27 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.87 In |
| List Price | $28.39 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 392 pages |
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| Published On | 2010-03-01 |
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