The Cost of Sea Travel in Ancient Greece Near the end of the Gorgias, in the midst of his effort to convince Callicles of the relative unimportance of oratory, Socrates makes the following in Continue Reading →
Today’s Quintilian: 8.6.21-22 XXI. Quod genus non orationis modo ornatus sed etiam cotidiani sermonis usus recipit. Quidam synecdochen vocant et cum id in contextu sermonis quod ta Continue Reading →
Today’s Quintilian: 8.6.19-20 XIX. Quod [aliquando] paene iam magis de synecdoche dicam. Nam tralatio permovendis animis plerumque et signandis rebus ac sub oculos subiciendis repe Continue Reading →
