Dionysius of Halicarnassus On Literary Composition
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- Being the Greek Text of the De Compositione Verborum
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1. Dionysius of Halicarnassus On Literary Composition2. PREFACE3. INTRODUCTION4. INTRODUCTION (continued 2)5. ΔΙΟΝΥΣΙΟΥ ΑΛΙΚΑΡΝΑΣΕΩΣ6. CHAPTER I OCCASION AND PURPOSE OF THE TREATISE7. CHAPTER II COMPOSITION DEFINED8. CHAPTER III THE MAGICAL EFFECT OF COMPOSITION, OR WORD-ORDER9. CHAPTER IV TO CHANGE ORDER IS TO DESTROY BEAUTY10. CHAPTER V NO GRAMMATICAL ORDER PRESCRIBED BY NATURE11. CHAPTER VI THREE PROCESSES IN THE ART OF COMPOSITION12. CHAPTER VII GROUPING OF CLAUSES13. CHAPTER VIII SHAPING OF CLAUSES14. CHAPTER IX LENGTHENING AND SHORTENING OF CLAUSES AND PERIODS15. CHAPTER X AIMS AND METHODS OF GOOD COMPOSITION16. CHAPTER XI GENERAL DISCUSSION OF THE SOURCES OF CHARM AND BEAUTY IN COMPOSITION17. CHAPTER XII HOW TO RENDER COMPOSITION CHARMING18. CHAPTER XIII HOW TO RENDER COMPOSITION BEAUTIFUL19. CHAPTER XIV THE LETTERS: THEIR CLASSIFICATION, QUALITIES, AND MODE OF PRODUCTION20. CHAPTER XV SYLLABLES AND THEIR QUALITIES21. CHAPTER XVI POETIC SKILL IN THE CHOICE AND IN THE COMBINATION OF WORDS22. CHAPTER XVII ON RHYTHMS, OR FEET23. CHAPTER XVIII EFFECT OF VARIOUS RHYTHMS24. CHAPTER XIX ON VARIETY25. CHAPTER XX ON APPROPRIATENESS26. CHAPTER XXI THREE MODES, OR STYLES, OF COMPOSITION27. CHAPTER XXII AUSTERE COMPOSITION28. CHAPTER XXIII SMOOTH COMPOSITION29. CHAPTER XXIV HARMONIOUSLY-BLENDED, OR INTERMEDIATE, COMPOSITION30. CHAPTER XXV HOW PROSE CAN RESEMBLE VERSE31. CHAPTER XXVI HOW VERSE CAN RESEMBLE PROSE32. GLOSSARY33. GLOSSARY (continued 2)34. APPENDIX A35. APPENDIX B36. APPENDIX C37. A. INDEX OF PASSAGES QUOTED IN THE DE COMPOSITIONE38. B. INDEX OF NAMES AND MATTERS