Nec reditum Diomedis ab interitu Meleagri,
Nec gemino bellum Trojanum orditur ab ovo,
Semper ad eventum festinat, et in medias res,
Non secus ac notas, auditorem rapit—

De Arte Poet.

II. 146-9.

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[Footnote 7:]

with great Art

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[Footnote 8:]

the Story

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