Quote of the day
Good authors, too, who once knew better words
Now only use four-letter words
Writing prose —
Anything goes.
Dionysius of Halicarnassus
Born: 60 BC
Bio: Dionysius of Halicarnassus was a Greek historian and teacher of rhetoric, who flourished during the reign of Caesar Augustus. His literary style was Atticistic imitating Classical Attic Greek in its prime.
Known for:
- The critical essays
- On Thucydides
- La composición literaria