12 A GLOSSARY OF LATER 



words and expressions was now very great ; the supply, however, was at least equal 

 to the demand. Every obscure corner of Greek literature was zealously ransacked 

 for these hidden treasures. And if a word or expression was objected to, nothing 

 was easier for the word-hunters than to produce excellent authority for it.^'* One of 

 this class of writers, Lucian tells us, fancied himself so thoroughly Attic as to translate 

 into Greek even Latin proper names. Thus, he converted Satiimimis into Kp6vio<;, 

 because Saturnus corresponds to Kpovoq ; and instead of ^povrtov he wrote ^povTi<;, 

 because he took for granted that Fronto was derived from ^povrU}^ Had he been better 

 acquainted with Latin, he would have transformed him most probably into MeTunria<s. 



It has already been remarked that some of the Alexandrian poets used the old 

 Ionic, that is, the language of Homer and Hesiod." We now add, that, in the above- 

 mentioned century, it was not an uncommon thing, even for good scholars, to write in 

 the then obsolete new Ionic dialect.''^ Thus, Lucian, in his De Astrologia and De Syria 

 Dea, and Arrian in his Indica, attempt to imitate Herodotus. Aretseus, a physician, 

 employed this dialect after the example of Hippocrates. 



§ 12. 



The Asiatic style, that is, the style in which little else is required than liigli- 

 sounding words and sonorous periods, made its appearance among the Greeks shortly 

 before the time of Dionysius of Halicaraassus.^^ It is represented by the declama- 

 tions of Dion Chrysostomus, Aristeides, and Libanius; productions which conclusively 

 show that it is possible to use language skilfully without necessarily conveying any 

 important ideas. But it must not be forgotten that these oration-makers enjoyed a 



'' Ll'CIAN. Rhet. Praecept. 17 'Av <roXot/ciV,i;y St fj ^ap^aplirris, (V ?(TTQ) (papfiaKov rj avaiaxwrla, Koi irpoxeipov 

 evdiis ovop.a ovre ovTos rivbs, oCte yevofiivov ttotc ^ TrotrjToii, ij <rvyypa<j)ea>s. PlIKYJf. illit. Oi \avddv€i Se (re, auirep 

 olb' aK\o Ti rav Kara TraiSelav, els nves a7T0Tr\avr]dfVTes t^s dp\atas (fxavris Kai ini ttjv afiaBlav Karafpevyovres nopi^ovcrt 

 fxapTvpds Tivas tov npoeiprja-dai vtto rav apxaiav rdirde ras (}>a>vas, 



*" LuciAjf. Quomod. Hist. Scrib. 21. 



" See above, § 9. 



*" Lucian. Quomod. Hist. Scrib. 16 'Ap^dptevos iv rfj 'IdSt ypdrjxiv, ovk olB' S ti do^av, airUa pd\a em rrjv 

 KOiVT}v piTrjXSiv* Ibid. 18. 



*^ Dion. Hal. V, 446 'H fiev 'Attlk!) povaa koI apx^la *tai avT6-)(6a>v aropov ^read ari/iO»?] flK^fprj <T\rjpa Tav 

 iavTTji iKirecroxiua dyaBav, fj 8 ck nviou ^apddpav ttjs 'Acriay ixdes Koi TTparjv dcpiKopiinj pova-a, k. t. X. Compare CiCEK. 

 Brut. 9 Plialereus .... delectabat magis Athenienses, quam inflamabat. Qcintil. 10, 1, 33 Nee versicolo- 

 rem illam, qua Demetrius Phalereus dicebatur uti, vestem bene ad forensem pulverem facere. 10, 1, 80 

 Phalerea ilium Demetrium, quamquam is primus inclinasse eloquentiam dicitur. 



