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Ancient rhetoric and poetic

Note 51 — Book III

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Style (λέξις, elocutio) consists of:

(1) choice of the right word (ἐκλογή, electio);

(2) the movement, rhythm, or pace of sentences and clauses (σύνθεσις, compositio). Chapters v-xii deal with (2).

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