Wednesday, April 02, 2014
Another Greek Example of Verse-Filling Asyndeton
Greek Anthology 9.808.11 (by Cyrus the Consul, describing things visible from the house of Maximinus):
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δένδρεα, δώματα, νῆας, ἅλα, πτόλιν, ἠέρα, γαῖαν.W.R. Paton in his translation adds a conjunction, thus obscuring the asyndeton:
trees, houses, ships, sea, city, sky, and earth.Related posts:
- Some Lines in Lucretius
- Asyndeton Filling Hexameters
- Asyndeton Filling Hexameters in Sidonius
- Verse-Filling Asyndeton
- Verse-Filling Asyndeton: Some Greek Examples
