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Definition of Prosopopoeias
1. prosopopoeia [n] - See also: prosopopoeia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prosopopoeias
Literary usage of Prosopopoeias
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Thomas Jackson, D.D. ...: Sometime President of Corpus Christi by Thomas Jackson (1844)
"From imitation of men's speeches and gestures in like exigences of affection or
plunges of vehement desires, came prosopopoeias first in request amongst ..."
2. A Literary History of the English People from the Renaissance to the Civil by Jean Jules Jusserand (1895)
"3 Precepts and examples are in the same style. Geoffrey teaches how to praise,
blame, and ridicule ; he gives models of good prosopopoeias ..."
3. A Literary History of the English People from the Renaissance to the Civil by Jean Jules Jusserand (1906)
"... prosopopoeias and apostrophes— The great Macedón that out of Persia chased
Darius, of whose huge power all Asia rung, In the rich ark Dan Homer's rhymes ..."
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