10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EPICISM»
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epicism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
epicism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Plays of Sophocles: Commentaries. The Antigone. III
perhaps better xax' &xpa?; epicism. at(xaTO? / xoivou 7taoaaOai : Eteocles' is
probably meant, xoiv6; often refers to the family; if the Thebans in general were
meant, Ta? 8k would be expected in the next clause. 7taaaaOai: again an
epicism.
Jan Coenraad Kamerbeek, 1978
2
Correlations in Rosenzweig and Levinas
Their dominant quality is lyric, by which Rosenzweig means the inner
distinctiveness of the individual, as that individuality passes away and is
integrated into a whole. Rosenzweig admits that epicism and lyricism are in each
piece of art, but ...
Perhaps 60' should be retained after all: the epicism is not out of place in a
passage which already owes much to Homeric style and language. If the elision
is offensive, Wecklein's 601 uipiv (in his third edition) would get rid of it; better
would ...
Sophocles, P. J. Finglass, 2007
4
Some Recently Found Greek Poems: Text and Commentary
95; i%pztvxyj<s<tv (assuming ]foi to be an adjective) makes sense, but aa is a
hazardous epicism (cf. West 1974, 104f.) and if read with one a, the word is too
short. ail 5[e: As Gallavotti points out (153f.), the heavy syntactic pause so close
to ...
Jan Maarten Bremer, Simon Roelof Slings, 1987
5
Εις λούτρα της Παλλάδος: The Bath of Pallas
... 'become', 'happen to be' (hence also in statements of a generalising nature:
Chantraine, GH 11 6, cf. K-G, GG 1 42, Schwyzer, GG 11 624). So occasionally in
Hellenistic poetry as an epicism: 11 50, A.R. 4. 1576, Theocr. 5.18, 10.49, i6.69, ...
Callimachus, A. W. Bulloch, 1985
... to Muses 94, 97 to sclave-cupbearer 472, 519 archaizing tone see Epicism
aversio 154-155, 426, 521 brachylogy 150, 288 cacophony 465 (sic sit tibi), 495
chiasm 138 (vir quondam, nunc Jrater); 201; 452 colour contrast 162-163, 170-
171, ...
Fernando Navarro Antolín, Lygdamus, 1996
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Early Greek Mythography: Volume 2: Commentary
Had an early writer wanted the epicism, he would indeed have written -εε; this
form is often on offer in the MSS of Herodotos along with -ει. But it is odd that this
form and not others should receive such treatment; therefore the imposition of
epic ...
8
Pindar: 'Pythian Eleven'
But Forssman (1966) 151 could be right to retain the eta as a deliberate epicism
in a fossilised word, as opposed to 6|jayupis with its still-productive suffix. The
vocalism of the third syllable is also tricky. In Homer we find both 6|jr]yEpr]s (e.g. //
.
9
Staged Narrative: Poetics and the Messenger in Greek Tragedy
... that there is an appearance of epicism in messenger-speeches on account of
the narration and epic diction; second, that the tragic poets had no intention of
endowing their messengers with epic qualities and that such apparent qualities
are ...
10
Interpretations of the Flood
... in which Thessaly was perhaps the centre of the Flood. '>0 Deukalion drifted
for nine days and nine nights and it fits our observations about Apollodorus' epic
sources that the formula looks like an epicism: the formula "for nine days one did
...
Florentino García Martínez, Gerardus Petrus Luttikhuizen, 1998
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EPICISM»
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epicism is used in the context of the following news items.
Florence + the Machine put on rousing show in Toronto: Review
... transition to large venues — coming as it does in tandem with the oversized, festival-schooled epicism of Ceremonials — feels rather natural. «Toronto Star, Aug 12»
The Sports Guy's Week 12 picks
And, yes, I wanted this show even before McNabb pushed the epicness (epicity? epiciousness? epicism?) of such a memorably putrid game by ... «ESPN, Nov 08»
