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[24] To this they add hyperbaton,1 which they refuse to include among tropes. A second figure of this kind is one closely resembling the figure of thought known as apostrophe,2 but differing in this respect, that it changes the form of the language and not the sense. The following will illustrate my meaning:

The Decii too,
The Marii and Camilli, names of might,
The Scipios, stubborn warriors, aye, and thee,
Great Caesar.

Georg. ii. 169. (Rhoades' translation).

1 See VIII. vi. 67.

2 See IX. ii. 38.

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