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The treatment of nature in English poetry between Pope and Wordsworth

Note 183 — Chapter I · THE TREATMENT OF NATURE IN ENGLISH CLASSICAL POETRY

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Hugo Blümner, “Die Farbenbezeichnungen bei den römischen Dichtern,” pp. 184–98. Blümner shows that πορφύρεος was used by the Greeks with widely varying meanings, and adds, “Ganz ähnlich ist der Gebrauch, den die römischen Dichter von purpureus machen nur zweilfellos in viel weniger ursprünglicher Weise.” He says further that the Latin poetical use of “purpureus” did not follow the speech of daily life.

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