Letter to Pompeius Geminus
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Letter to Pompeius Geminus is an epistolary treatise by Dionysius of Halicarnassus in which he defends and explains his approach to the study and imitation of classical Attic Greek prose.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
epistolary treatise
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rhetorical treatise ⓘ work of literary criticism ⓘ |
| addressee | Pompeius Geminus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| aim |
to defend Dionysius of Halicarnassus' critical method
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to explain principles of good prose style ⓘ to justify imitation of classical Attic prose ⓘ |
| author | Dionysius of Halicarnassus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Pompeius Geminus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discusses |
Atticist movement
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classical Attic orators ⓘ historians of classical Athens ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
criteria for selecting classical models
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relationship between style and character ⓘ techniques of stylistic analysis ⓘ |
| genre |
epistle
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literary criticism ⓘ rhetorical theory ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasTitleInGreek | Επιστολή προς Πομπήιον Γέμινον ⓘ |
| hasTitleInLatin | Epistula ad Pompeium Geminum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalContext | early Roman Empire Greek literature ⓘ |
| influenced |
later rhetorical criticism
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later theories of prose style ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Attic orators
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classical Attic prose writers ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Augustan age ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Greek rhetorical prose ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Attic Greek prose
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imitation of classical models ⓘ method of rhetorical composition ⓘ style in prose writing ⓘ |
| partOf | corpus of Dionysius of Halicarnassus ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | Hellenistic rhetorical theory ⓘ |
| placeOfComposition | Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| preservedIn | manuscript tradition of Dionysius of Halicarnassus ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
On Imitation
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On the Ancient Orators NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
classical philology
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history of Greek language ⓘ rhetorical studies ⓘ |
| timeOfComposition |
1st century BC
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late 1st century BC ⓘ |
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