McOsker, Michael;
(2022)
Philodemus of Gadara’s Rhythmic Prose.
Rheinisches Museum für Philologie
, 2022
(165)
pp. 9-49.
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Abstract
In this paper, I show that Philodemus of Gadara, an Epicurean philosopher writing in Greek and roughly contemporary with Cicero, wrote rhythmic prose according to the standard Hellenistic practice developed by Hegesias of Magnesia (fl. c. 300). Additionally, he shows different percentages of rhythmic endings before heavy punctuation in several treatises, indicating different levels of stylistic polish. I suggest that these different levels are a sign of his intended audience for the treatises, that treatises dedicated to debates within the Epicurean school were less rhythmic, and those engaged with members of other schools were more rhythmic.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Philodemus of Gadara’s Rhythmic Prose |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | https://rhm.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/inhaltsverzeichn... |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Philodemus of Gadara, Prose Rhythm, Herculaneum Papyri, Stylistics |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Dept of Greek and Latin |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10206750 |
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