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Add Comment »An interesting little column in the Detroit Free Press (which should please Eric) notes too things that have occurred to me. The first (the derivation of ‘flied’ in baseball) I’ve always agreed with, the second (‘and’ used in place of the infinitive) is one that I considered but discounted, and now I’m reconsidering my position. Leave it to Fowler to find the poetry in a common construction. (The classical connection: hendiadys.)
Posted by Dennis »
Add Comment »The BMCR has gotten around to publishing its review of John Miles Foley’s A Companion to Ancient Epic (2005), and it’s a star-studded behemoth: nearly 700 pages by the likes of Gregory Nagy, Walter Burkert, Michael Putnam, and Craig Kallendorff. The incredible range of topics, the eminence of the authors, and the lack of a single theoretical bias—a plague among most companions—mean that I will definitely purchase of this book—if they ever publish a paperback edition. Unless, of course, some dear reader wants to donate $149.