On the Arrangement of Words
work by Dionysius of Halicarnassus
Also known as: “De compositione verborum”, “Peri syntheseos onomaton”
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- In Dionysius of Halicarnassus
…essay “Peri syntheseos onomaton” (“On the Arrangement of Words”; often cited by its Latin title, “De compositione verborum”) is the only extant ancient discussion of word order. Dionysius was a mediocre historian but a first-rate literary critic who examined authors’ style and historical context.
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