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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Longinus , fl. 1st cent.? AD, 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. Author not available, LONGINUS. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more

Longinus
Longinus Longinus is the name associated with the Latin treatise commonly known as "On the...been considerable dispute as to the author of On the Sublime. One Cassius Longinus, born about 210, was a critic, scholar, and teacher of rhetoric in the... Read more

Longinus
(Cassius Longinus), c.213-273, Greek rhetorician and philosopher...of literary criticism, was long attributed to Longinus, but it is now agreed that the author, often known as Pseudo-Longinus, lived in the 1st cent. AD Bibliography: See... Read more

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	More on the centurion ; ...and which states them at factual "Saint Longinus is the centurion who pierced the side...while He was hanging on the Cross. Saint Longinus, who was nearly blind, was healed when...the Son of God!' [Mark 15:39]. Saint Longinus then converted, left the army, took instruction... Read more
	INTRODUCTION ; ...factual" (Oxford English Dictionary). Take Longinus' treatise On the Sublime. This work is...Essay with Rhapsody): On the Sublime in Longinus and Antonioni" We selected much of the...shadings of that word "documentary." Like Longinus before us, we used the approach of definition... Read more
	On the technique of the sublime ; ...hupsous by an unknown author usually dubbed Longinus. Although this work is no longer at the...a treatise of its kind (See Guerlac, "Longinus and the Subject of the Sublime," Hertz...completely differently. Wimsatt considered Longinus to be incapable of creating a sufficient... Read more
	Moriones Festival.(Opinion & Editorial) ; ...focus of the festival is the story of Longinus, a Roman centurion who was blind in one eye. It is said that Longinus was assigned to the execution of Jesus...Calvary. Upon Jesus' death on the cross, Longinus speared His crucified body, causing... Read more
	On Trust: Art and the Temptations of Suspicion ; Gabriel Josipovici numbers among those comparatists who, since Longinus juxtaposed Homer and Genesis in On the Sublime (IX. 7-9), seek to understand the original diversity, continuity, and, perhaps most... Read more
	Marinduque's Moriones fest draws thousands.(Provincial News) ; ...is celebrated to remember the life of Longinus, the Roman centurion and tormentor of...Moriones run after the man acting as Longinus, the one wearing an unusually large mask...in the portrayal of the beheading of Longinus for refusing to deny his faith in Christ... Read more

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