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Excerpt from Aspects of the Speech in the Later Greek Epic The shortest speech in Homer consists of a single verse unless it is possible to construe as such O 82: e'vfi' 6t t) é'vfia. Of speeches limited to a single verse there are nine in the Iliad 2 eleven in the Odyssey.3 There are no cases of such speeches in Apollonius. Only two or three would be expected. There is one instance in Quintus, XII, 153. It is in Nonnus that the shortest speech in Greek epic is found, XIII, 485 07-6305 rdkav. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.