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Dionysius of Halicarnassus

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Dionysius of Hal·i·car·nas·sus  (hl-kär-nss) First century b.c.
Greek historian whose 20-volume history of Rome, of which 10 volumes are extant, is a valuable source for early Roman history.

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(Biographies / Dionysius of Halicarnassus (death date: ?7 bc) M, Greek, HISTORY: historian, PHILOSOPHY: rhetorician) died ?7 bc, Greek historian and rhetorician; author of a history of Rome


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9789004166776 Between grammar and rhetoric; Dionysius of Halicarnassus on language, linguistics and literature.
Ta'rif Khalidi states that this classification is Greek in origin and refers to Dionysius of Halicarnassus, The Roman Antiquities trans.
A quick survey takes us from Homer, Plato, and Aristotle, to Hermogenes and Cicero (34-38), but then we suddenly double back to Isocrates, Plato again (an uncritical account of the Gorgias and Phaedrus), Aristotle again, Demetrius, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Cicero again, Quintilian, and Seneca.
 
 
 
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