Longinus

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Longinus is the name traditionally given to the ancient Greek literary critic credited with the treatise "On the Sublime," a foundational work in the study of rhetoric and aesthetics.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Longinus canonical 3
Longinus (traditional attribution) 1
Pseudo-Longinus 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf aesthetic theorist ⓘ
ancient Greek literary critic ⓘ
literary theorist ⓘ
pseudonymous author ⓘ
rhetorician ⓘ
associatedWithConcept elevated style ⓘ
emotional power in literature ⓘ
grandeur of thought ⓘ
the sublime ⓘ
transport of the audience ⓘ
authorshipStatus disputed ⓘ
uncertain ⓘ
concernedWith criteria of great writing ⓘ
effects of style on readers ⓘ
creditedWith authorship of On the Sublime ⓘ
culturalContext Hellenistic Greek culture ⓘ
evaluates Demosthenes ⓘ
Homer ⓘ
Plato ⓘ
Sappho ⓘ
various Greek tragedians ⓘ
fieldOfWork aesthetics ⓘ
literary criticism ⓘ
rhetoric ⓘ
genreOfWriting literary treatise ⓘ
influenceOn Romantic literary theory ⓘ
Western literary criticism ⓘ
aesthetic theory ⓘ
rhetorical theory ⓘ
knownFrom treatise On the Sublime ⓘ
linked to: On the Sublime
languageOfWork Ancient Greek ⓘ
nameTraditionallyGivenTo author of On the Sublime ⓘ
notableWork On the Sublime ⓘ
philosophicalOrientation Platonizing aesthetics ⓘ
possibleIdentification Cassius Longinus ⓘ
Dionysius Longinus ⓘ
region Eastern Mediterranean (attributed) ⓘ
survivingWorkStatus partially preserved ⓘ
textualTradition Byzantine manuscript tradition ⓘ
workPeriod 1st century CE ⓘ
workTitleInGreek Peri Hypsous ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

On the Sublime → author → Longinus (traditional attribution) ⓘ
linked to: Longinus
On the Sublime → author → Pseudo-Longinus ⓘ
linked to: Longinus