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Published by Robortelli in Basel in 1554, it was reissued three times, once with a Latin translation, before Langhorne edited it at Oxford. Farnaby cites an imposing list of sources. "Greek: Aristotle, Hermogenes, Sopatrus, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Demetrius Phal, Menander, Aristides, Apsinus, Longinus De sublimitate, Theonus, Apthonius.
Yet had Ascham not been a friend of Sturm's, it might not have been heard of in England as early as 1570, when the Scholemaster was published. Ascham says it is worthy of study, but shows no great familiarity with the text. The De sublimitate of pseudo-Longinus has a similar history in England.
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