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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
- Part 5 Genres And Texts
- Chapter XXII Laws and Prayers
- Chapter XXIII Plautus
- Chapter XXIV Virgil and Early High-Style Poetry
- Chapter XXV Lucilius
- Chapter XXVI Cicero
- Chapter XXVII Catullus
- Chapter XXVIII Caesar, Bellum Ciuile: Asyndeton and Textual Criticism
- Chapter XXIX Horace
- Chapter XXX The Annalists, Sallust and Tacitus
- Chapter XXXI Livy
- Part 6 Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Subject Index
- Index Mainly of Selected Pairs and Longer Sequences
- Selective Index Locorum
Chapter XXVI - Cicero
from Part 5 - Genres And Texts
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
- Part 5 Genres And Texts
- Chapter XXII Laws and Prayers
- Chapter XXIII Plautus
- Chapter XXIV Virgil and Early High-Style Poetry
- Chapter XXV Lucilius
- Chapter XXVI Cicero
- Chapter XXVII Catullus
- Chapter XXVIII Caesar, Bellum Ciuile: Asyndeton and Textual Criticism
- Chapter XXIX Horace
- Chapter XXX The Annalists, Sallust and Tacitus
- Chapter XXXI Livy
- Part 6 Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Subject Index
- Index Mainly of Selected Pairs and Longer Sequences
- Selective Index Locorum
Summary
In this chapter I collect and discuss all instances of asyndeton bimembre in eighteen speeches of Cicero, in two philosophical works and in half of the letters Ad Atticum and half of those Ad familiares.
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- Asyndeton and its Interpretation in Latin LiteratureHistory, Patterns, Textual Criticism, pp. 405 - 481Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021