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The MouseionLonginusOn the Sublime

On the SublimeΠερὶ ὕψους

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Kind of writing: Rhetoric
Written: 1st c. AD
Length: 14,855 words analysed
Vocabulary: 69% common words
In the library: 1 Greek text, 0 English translations

The texts

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Greek textLonginus. On the Sublime. Roberts, William Rhys, editor. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1907.

In The Painted Stoa

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Wedding torches, a poet's fever, lovers' customs and the law on adulteryLove, sex and marriageA Greek marriage was a deal between two households, made so that a man would have legitimate children to inherit his house.