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131Lycophron of Chalcis — ▪ Greek poet flourished 3rd century BC Greek poet and scholar best known because of the attribution to him of the extant poem Alexandra. Invited to work in the Alexandrian library (c. 285 BC), Lycophron there wrote a treatise on… …
132speech, figure of — ▪ rhetoric any intentional deviation from literal statement or common usage that emphasizes, clarifies, or embellishes both written and spoken language. Forming an integral part of language, figures of speech are found in primitive oral… …
