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2. 1. Metaphors Cicero lived by : The Role of Metaphor and Simile in De senectute

   Author : Aron Sjöblad; Latin; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Latin; Lakoff; Cicero; Johnson; ‘On Old Age’; Metaphor; De senectute; Kövecses;

   Abstract : Abstract This dissertation examines the function of metaphor and simile in Cicero’s dialogue De senectute. For this purpose, it employs Lakoff-Johnsonian metaphor theory and compares the metaphorical concepts that the scholars of that tradition have found in English with the metaphors found in Cicero’s text. READ MORE