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1 calls ocular
denonstration, this comes into play when we do not
restrict ourselves to mentioning that something was
done, but proceed to show how it was done, and do
so not merely on broad general lines, but in full
detail. In the last book2 I classified this figure
under the head of vivid illustration, while Celsus
actually terms it by this name. Others give the
name of ὑποτύπωσις to any representation of facts
which is made in such vivid language that they
appeal to the eye rather than the ear. The
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following will show what I mean: “He came into the
forum on fire with criminal madness: his eyes blazed
and cruelty was written in every feature of his
countenance.”3
Quintilian. With An English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1922.
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