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  

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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

Toup cites a remarkable passage from Dionysius of Halicarnassus, from which we may perhaps conclude that Longinus is referring here to Thucydides, the traditional master of Demosthenes.

From On the Sublime by Havell, H. L. (Herbert Lord)

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

The most modern of post-Christian Greek critics, however, is unquestionably Dionysius of Halicarnassus, who leads up to Lucian and Cassius Longinus.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" by Various

Dionysius of Halicarnassus, one of the best of the ancient critics, says that the artificiality of Demosthenes and his master Isaeus was apt to excite suspicion, even when they had a good case.

From The Public Orations of Demosthenes, volume 1 by Pickard, Arthur Wallace