On the Sublime · 1st century AD
Chapter XXV
Translated by H. L. Havell (1890)
When past events are introduced as happening in present time the narrative form is changed into a dramatic action. Such is that description in Xenophon: "A man who has fallen, and is being trampled under foot by Cyrus's horse, strikes the belly of the animal with his scimitar; the horse starts aside and unseats Cyrus, and he falls." Similarly in many passages of Thucydides.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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MLA
Longinus. On the Sublime, Chapter XXV. Translated by H. L. Havell. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/work/longinus-on-the-sublime-havell/24/.
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Longinus. On the Sublime, Chapter XXV. Translated by H. L. Havell. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/work/longinus-on-the-sublime-havell/24/.