AbstractsLanguage, Literature & Linguistics

Alliteration in the hexameter books of Lucilius

by Edith Miller




Institution: University of Missouri – Columbia
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Year: 1913
Record ID: 1538965
Full text PDF: http://hdl.handle.net/10355/15496


Abstract

It is very evident (1) that Lucilius used the device of alliteration, (2) that he used it very freely, and (3) that he must have used it purposely. In general, his alliteration means nothing, though occasionally it does mean something. Lucilius must have used the device simply to tickle the people's ears, and because he had the habit.