Plutarch's Rhythmic Prose
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2018
Language: eng; grc
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780198821717
Subjects: Plutarch; Greek language
Description: Greek literature is divided, like many literatures, into poetry and prose, but in Greek the difference between them is not that all prose is devoid of firm rhythmic patterning. In the earlier Roman Empire, from 31 BC to about AD 300, much Greek (and Latin) prose was actually written to follow one organized rhythmic system. How much Greek prose adopted this patterning has hitherto been quite unclear; the present volume for the first time establishes an answer on an adequate basis: substantial data drawn from numerous authors. It constitutes the first extensive study of prose-rhythm in later Greek literature.