Does it begin in medias res, as is proper, or ab ovo Ledae, as Horace has said that an epic ought not?
The ballad-maker observes unconsciously Aristotle's rule for the epic poet, to begin in medias res.
The original is canongias, raciones, y medias raciones, which literally refers to the office or prebend instead of the individual.
Not only are we plunged in medias res, without the slightest sacrifice of clearness, but the spectacle presented to our imagination is stirring in the highest degree.
But Plinie attempting to decide the quarell calleth them "Medias inter feras & placidas aues.
Like all Hawaiian poetry, this mele wastes no time with introductory flourishes; it plunges at once in medias res.
The first stroke of the artist places the auditor in medias res.
Our curtain, then, goes up on the Autumn of 1681; for, in the approved style, we plunge in medias res.
Nevinson, Paul Nash, Wyndham Lewis, and Eric Kennington, to mention only a few, have produced some fine and lasting records of their impressions in medias res.
Appeals from judgments of the commissioner of medias anatas were to be entertained in the Council of the Indies only, and not in the audiencia.
This percentage, the cedula stated, was the same as was paid to the commissioner of medias anatas of New Spain.
An oidor in the Philippines served as judge of medias anatas.
This rushing "in medias res" has doubtless the charm of ease.
I have always found that the details would insist on being told at last, and that by rushing "in medias res" I was simply presenting the cart before the horse.
Those who have crossed the Channel, from Folkstone to Boulogne, know that the stanch little ship Invicta had scarcely left dock when they were in medias res.
That man had a special aptitude for the in medias res method of procedure.
The original is canongias, raciones, y medias raciones, which literally refers to the office or prebend instead of the individual.
The perils of the descent--I plunge in medias res--A flying descent.
The sketches naturally suggest a topic, and, plunging in medias res at once, he vehemently praises her legs!
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "medias" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
