Longinus,Dionysius Cassius

Longinus,Dionysius Cassius
Lon·gi·nus (lŏn-jīʹnəs), Dionysius Cassius. A.D. 210?-273.
Greek philosopher. The influential volume of literary criticism On The Sublime is traditionally attributed to him.

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  • LONGINUS, DIONYSIUS CASSIUS —    a learned Greek philosopher, rhetorician, and critic, and eminent in all three departments, being in philosophy a Platonist of pure blood; his fame as a teacher reached the ears of Zenobia, the queen of Palmyra, and being invited to her court… …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

  • Longinus — Longīnus, Dionysius Cassius, Philosoph und Rhetor, aus Athen oder Emesa in Syrien, Ratgeber der Königin Zenobia von Palmyra, nach ihrer Besiegung 273 n. Chr. auf Befehl des Kaisers Aurelian enthauptet. Die ihm zugeschriebene wertvolle Schrift… …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Longinus — [län jī′nəs] Dionysius Cassius A.D. 213? 273; Gr. Platonic philosopher & rhetorician …   English World dictionary

  • Longinus — Longinean /lon jin ee euhn/, adj. /lon juy neuhs/, n. Dionysius Cassius /kash euhs/, A.D. 213? 273, Greek philosopher and rhetorician. * * * ▪ Greek literary critic also called  Dionysius Longinus  or  Pseudo Longinus  flourished 1st century AD… …   Universalium

  • Longinus — Lon•gi•nus [[t]lɒnˈdʒaɪ nəs[/t]] n. big Dionysius Cassius, a.d. 213?–273, Greek philosopher and rhetorician Lon•gin′e•an ˈdʒɪn i ən adj …   From formal English to slang

  • Longinus — /lɒnˈdʒaɪnəs/ (say lon juynuhs) noun Dionysius Cassius /daɪəˌnɪsiəs ˈkæsiəs/ (say duyuh.niseeuhs kaseeuhs), c. AD 213–273, Greek rhetorician and philosophical critic …  

  • Longinus — Longinean /lon jin ee euhn/, adj. /lon juy neuhs/, n. Dionysius Cassius /kash euhs/, A.D. 213? 273, Greek philosopher and rhetorician …   Useful english dictionary

  • Longinus (literature) — Longinus (Greek: Λογγῖνος, Longĩnos) is the conventional name of the author of the treatise, On the Sublime (Περὶ ὕψους, Perì hýpsous), a work which focuses on the effect of good writing.[1] Longinus, sometimes referred to as Pseudo Longinus… …   Wikipedia

  • DIONYSIUS Longinus Cassius — celebris Criticus, haeres Frontonis Emiseni, Prophyrii Praeceptor, a quo, in Pltini vita, miris modis laudatur. Philosophus Suidae, viva Bibliotheca Eunapio dictus. Plurima scripsit, de quibus nihil restat, nisi de sublimi dictione, et fragmentum …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • LONGINUS Cassius — Philosophus, Porphyrii praeceptor, vir multae eruditionis et Criticus; floruit sub Aureliano Caes. cuius iussu Occisus est, quod zenobiae, cuius Praeceptor quoque habitus est, epistolam admodum acrem dictâsset. Scripsit, de Oratione contra… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

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