Inlaboratus et Facilis: Aspects of Structure in Some Letters of Seneca

192 Pages·1976·5.479 MB·English

by  B.L. Hijmans Jr.

INLABORATUS ET FACILIS
MNEMOSYNE
BIBLIOTHECA CLASSICA BATAV A
COLLEGERUNT
W. DEN BOER • W.J. VERDENIUS • R.E.H. WESTENDORP BOERMA
BIBLIOTHECAE FASCICULOS EDENDOS CURAVIT
W.J. VERDENIUS, HOMERUSLAAN 53, ZEIST
SUPPLEMENTUM TRICESIMUM OCT A VUM
B.L. HUMANS JR.
INLABORATUS ET FACILIS
ASPECTS OF STRUCTURE IN SOME LETTERS OF SENECA
LUGDUNI BATAVORUM E.J. BRILL MCMLXXVI
INLABORATUS ET FACILIS
ASPECTS OF STRUCTURE IN SOME LETTERS OF SENECA
BY
B. L. HUMANS JR.
LUGDUNI BATAVORUM E.J. BRILL MCMLXXVI
Published with financial support from the Netherlands Organization
for the Advencement of Pure Research (Z.W.O.)
ISBN 90 04 04474 4
Copyright 1976 by E. J. Brill, Leiden, Netherlands
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or
translated in any form, by print, photoprint, microfilm, microfiche
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PRINTED IN BELGIUM
MARION VAN ASSENDELFT
UXORI DILECTAE
LITTERIS
DEDITA E ET /PSI
HUNC LIBELLUM DO DICO

CONTENTS
Symbols used. X
Introduction
TEXT
Letter I . 7
Letter 26 12
Letter 41 21
Letter 75 30
Letter 80 44
Letter 100 53
Letter 122 64
Clauses, statistics and usage 83
Clausulae, statistics and usage 106
Arrangement 131
Letter 1 . 134
Letter 26 137
Letter 41 142
Letter 75 145
Letter 80 151
Letter 100 157
Letter 122 160
Appendix 167
Bibliography 173
General index 177

This little book represents a side track: while working on Seneca's
dialogues I found I knew too little about various aspects of Seneca's
style, and the information I sought was not easily obtainable from the
work of others. I do not pretend to have treated those aspects
exhaustively, however. I wish to express my gratitude to the editors of
Mnemosyne for accepting the resulting manuscript as volume 38 in
their series of Supplements. Thanks, too, are due to Professor
R.E.H. Westendorp Boerma for his criticism and suggestions.
SYMBOLS USED (see also p. 107):
a ~ y 8 £
- V - - N
l l - - - - (\J
11r
-VV-- N
11
VVV- - (\J
V VV - N
V - VV N
2
-v--v (\J
resolutions etc. as with 1
3
• • • - V - CV
resolutions etc. as with 1
a ~ y 8 £
- V - -...I N
resolutions etc. as with 1
The anceps has not been marked.
44a.8 strength of pause level 5
44a8 - 4
==-=====
44a8 - 3
- 2
~-<!§.
44a8 - 1
Certain brief commata have rhythms denoted by letters a, b, c etc.
A complete list occurs on p. 113.
Cl: single colon or comma
G: Group
P: Period
S: Complex Sentence
For the critical apparatus Reynolds' (OCT) symbols have been adopted.