Dionysius of Halicarnassus

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1. died 7? b.c., Greek rhetorician and historian in Rome.

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Dionysius of Halicarnassus British  

noun

1. died ?7 _bc , Greek historian and rhetorician; author of a history of Rome

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Dionysius of Halicarnassus

Dionysius of Halicarnassus, the first century BC scholar, called Homer the source from which every sea, every fountain, every river flows.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 13, 2019

Nor can it be shown that the history of Dionysius of Halicarnassus, published B.C.

From The Student's Companion to Latin Authors by Middleton, George

Dionysius of Halicarnassus gives us a formal speech, which Romulus, by direction of his grandfather, made to the people after the building of the city, on the subject of the government to be established228.

From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II by Dunlop, John

Agatharchides, Dionysius of Halicarnassus and Cicero all speak of him in disparaging terms, although Varro seems to have approved of his work.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various

Dionysius of Halicarnassus was one of the few ancient critics who brought the boundaries of prose and poetry close.

From The Literature of Ecstasy by Mordell, Albert