Asyndeton and its Interpretation in Latin Literature

Asyndetic coordination (omission of coordinators such as ''but'', ''or'', ''and'') is ancient in Indo-European languages. Most commentaries on Greek and Latin texts index ''asyndeton'', but wide-ranging treatments of asyndeton across a variety of literary and non-literary genres are largely lacking, and comments are often impressionistic. This book provides the most comprehensive account of asynde...