Plato to Alexander Pope: Backgrounds of Modern CriticismWalter Sutton, Vivian Sutton Odyssey Press, 1966 - 243 pages |
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Page 60
... called " the shield of Dionysus , " and the shield " the cup of Ares . " Or again as old age is to life , so is evening to day . Evening may therefore be called " the old age of the day , " and old age " the evening of life " or , in ...
... called " the shield of Dionysus , " and the shield " the cup of Ares . " Or again as old age is to life , so is evening to day . Evening may therefore be called " the old age of the day , " and old age " the evening of life " or , in ...
Page 119
... called literal , and it is this which goes no further than the letter , such as the simple narration of the thing of which you treat . ... The second is called allegorical , and this is the meaning hidden under the cloak of fables ...
... called literal , and it is this which goes no further than the letter , such as the simple narration of the thing of which you treat . ... The second is called allegorical , and this is the meaning hidden under the cloak of fables ...
Page 165
... called kat eōchen , ho poiētes , a maker , or feigner : His art , an art of imitation or feigning , expressing the life of man in fit measure , numbers , and harmony , ac- cording to Aristotle - from the word poiein , which signifies to ...
... called kat eōchen , ho poiētes , a maker , or feigner : His art , an art of imitation or feigning , expressing the life of man in fit measure , numbers , and harmony , ac- cording to Aristotle - from the word poiein , which signifies to ...
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