Likewise he joins with a preposition a noun improperly, as in the verse (I. x. 101):—
Lest perchance they wish to decide the contest in the night,—
where the preposition is followed by, the accusative, not the genitive. And as to other prepositions, some he changes, some he omits (I. ii. 696):—
Of whom he lies lamenting,—instead of "concerning whom."
And (O. xxiii. 91):—
Expecting whether he would bespeak him,—instead of
"speak to him."
And other prepositions he in the same fashion changes or leaves out. And adverbs he changes, using indifferently motion towards, rest in, and motion from a place (I. xx. 151):—
His grandchildren were setting down from elsewhere,—instead of
"elsewhere" (I. vii. 219):—
And Ajax came from near,—instead of "near."
Finally he has changes of conjunctions, as (O. i. 433):—
He never lay with her and he shunned the wrath of his lady,—
instead of "for he shunned," etc. And these are the figures of
speech which not only all poets but the writers of prose have
employed.