Book 9
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Words of different meaning may likewise be grouped together, as for instance, The woman, the savage cruelty of the tyrant, love for his father, anger beyond control, the madness of blind daring ; Probably from a declamation. or again, as in the following passage from Ovid, Met. v. 17. But the dread Nereids' power, But horned Ammon, but that wild sea-beast To feed upon my vitals that must come.
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I have found some who call this also by the name of πλοκή: but I do not agree, as only one figure is involved. We may also find a mixture of words, some identical and others different in meaning; of this figure, which the Greeks style διαλλαγή, the following will provide an example: I ask my enemies whether these plots were investigated, discovered and laid bare, overthrown, crushed and destroyed by me. From the lost speech in Q. Metullum. In this sentence investigated, discovered and laid bare are different in meaning, while overthrown, crushed and destroyed are similar in meaning to each other, but different from the three previous.
