Dionysius of Halicarnassus On Literary Composition / Being the Greek Text of the De Compositione Verborum
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- Dionysius of Halicarnassus On Literary Composition
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- I Summary of the de Compositione
- II The Order of Words in Greek
- A. Freedom and Elasticity
- B. Normal Order
- C. Lucidity
- D. Emphasis
- E. Euphony
- F. Greek and Latin compared with Modern Languages, in regard to Word-Order
- G. Prose and Poetry: Rhythm and Metre
- III Other Matters arising in the de Compositione
- A. Greek Music: in Relation to the Greek Language
- B. Accent in Ancient Greek
- C. Pronunciation of Ancient Greek
- D. Greek Grammar
- E. Sources of the de Compositione
- F. Quotations and Literary References in the de Compositione
- G. Manuscripts and Text
- H. Recent Writings connected with the de Compositione
- ΔΙΟΝΥΣΙΟΥ ΑΛΙΚΑΡΝΑΣΕΩΣ
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- CHAPTER I OCCASION AND PURPOSE OF THE TREATISE
- II
- CHAPTER II COMPOSITION DEFINED
- III
- CHAPTER III THE MAGICAL EFFECT OF COMPOSITION, OR WORD-ORDER
- IV
- CHAPTER IV TO CHANGE ORDER IS TO DESTROY BEAUTY
- V
- CHAPTER V NO GRAMMATICAL ORDER PRESCRIBED BY NATURE
- VI
- CHAPTER VI THREE PROCESSES IN THE ART OF COMPOSITION
- VII
- CHAPTER VII GROUPING OF CLAUSES
- VIII
- CHAPTER VIII SHAPING OF CLAUSES
- IX
- CHAPTER IX LENGTHENING AND SHORTENING OF CLAUSES AND PERIODS
- X
- CHAPTER X AIMS AND METHODS OF GOOD COMPOSITION
- XI
- CHAPTER XI GENERAL DISCUSSION OF THE SOURCES OF CHARM AND BEAUTY IN COMPOSITION
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- CHAPTER XII HOW TO RENDER COMPOSITION CHARMING
- XIII
- XIV
- CHAPTER XIII HOW TO RENDER COMPOSITION BEAUTIFUL
- CHAPTER XIV THE LETTERS: THEIR CLASSIFICATION, QUALITIES, AND MODE OF PRODUCTION
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- CHAPTER XV SYLLABLES AND THEIR QUALITIES
- XVI
- CHAPTER XVI POETIC SKILL IN THE CHOICE AND IN THE COMBINATION OF WORDS
- XVII
- CHAPTER XVII ON RHYTHMS, OR FEET
- XVIII
- CHAPTER XVIII EFFECT OF VARIOUS RHYTHMS
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- CHAPTER XIX ON VARIETY
- XX
- CHAPTER XX ON APPROPRIATENESS
- XXI
- CHAPTER XXI THREE MODES, OR STYLES, OF COMPOSITION
- XXII
- CHAPTER XXII AUSTERE COMPOSITION
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- CHAPTER XXIII SMOOTH COMPOSITION
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- CHAPTER XXIV HARMONIOUSLY-BLENDED, OR INTERMEDIATE, COMPOSITION
- XXV
- CHAPTER XXV HOW PROSE CAN RESEMBLE VERSE
- XXVI
- CHAPTER XXVI HOW VERSE CAN RESEMBLE PROSE
- GLOSSARY
- APPENDIX A
- OBSCURITY IN GREEK
- APPENDIX B
- APPENDIX C
- Footnotes
- A. INDEX OF PASSAGES QUOTED IN THE DE COMPOSITIONE
- B. INDEX OF NAMES AND MATTERS
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