The Order of Words in the Ancient Languages Compared With That of the Modern Languages
The Order of Words in the Ancient Languages Compared With That of the Modern Languages
Weil, Henri, 1818-1909
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In medias res auditorem rapiunt. It is their characteristic in the composition of a story as well as in the details of diction. Our modern languages, as we have seen, are sometimes ham- pered by considerations of syntax when they are called upon to rep- resent the regular advance of the ancient languages ; it is equally the case when we attempt to imitate the pathetic march. This constraint may have a double effect; we may either refrain en- tirely from expressing the emotions of the soul by th...e arrange- ment of our words, or we may express them in a much more violent manner than in the free languages, Twv hr ®€pfxo7rv\aiv 8e fAvaoris, 6 8' oiktos «raivos. 46 THE ORDER OF WORDS. (Glorious is their lot, beautiful their end, an altar their tomb, for tears they have remembrance, for mourning, praises.) Bo>/aos 8* 6 tcu^os may be translated either, "their tomb is an altar," but then we do not translate the animation expressed in the succession of words; or- "an altar is their tomb," and we translate it with more force than the Greek.
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