| The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07. |
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| Longinus, fl. 1st cent.? A.D., Greek literary critic |
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(l nj ´n s) (KEY) , fl. 1st cent.? A.D., Greek literary critic; writer of the famous treatise On the Sublime. Nothing is known of his life, and for a long time his work was attributed to Cassius Longinus. On the Sublime is one of the momuments of literary criticism. The work is the sole source for Sappho’s second ode. |
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