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... especially Demetrius Triclinius . Among the Romans , also , the grammarians occupied them- selves much with metrical science . We still possess a poem of Terentius Maurus on prosody and metre ( in Putsch Gram- matt . vett . Lat . p ...
... especially Demetrius Triclinius . Among the Romans , also , the grammarians occupied them- selves much with metrical science . We still possess a poem of Terentius Maurus on prosody and metre ( in Putsch Gram- matt . vett . Lat . p ...
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... especially by the Ionians ; Choriambus , composed of a choree ( trochee ) and an iambus ; Antispast , from avτionaoτos , drawn con- trary ; Molossus , from Moloooós , a Molossian ; Epitrit , from_sлi- TOITOS , three long syllables , and ...
... especially by the Ionians ; Choriambus , composed of a choree ( trochee ) and an iambus ; Antispast , from avτionaoτos , drawn con- trary ; Molossus , from Moloooós , a Molossian ; Epitrit , from_sлi- TOITOS , three long syllables , and ...
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... especially the Epic , allowed themselves many licenses in prosody ; particularly proper names , and those words for which others could not be substituted , must have made claim to a greater indulgence . ( Comp . Matthiae's Gr . Gr . § 7 ...
... especially the Epic , allowed themselves many licenses in prosody ; particularly proper names , and those words for which others could not be substituted , must have made claim to a greater indulgence . ( Comp . Matthiae's Gr . Gr . § 7 ...
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... especially in Plautus and Terence , the influence of accent is not to be mistaken . Of the skill with which individual poets availed themselves of rhythm for poetical delineations , examples will be given in the second part . It was not ...
... especially in Plautus and Terence , the influence of accent is not to be mistaken . Of the skill with which individual poets availed themselves of rhythm for poetical delineations , examples will be given in the second part . It was not ...
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... especially Pindar , and in the chorusses of the tragedians , is no argument in favor of maintaining the bro- ken verses , against which a passage in Hephaestion expressly declares , πᾶν μέτρον εἰς τελείαν περατοῦται λέξιν . Such verses ...
... especially Pindar , and in the chorusses of the tragedians , is no argument in favor of maintaining the bro- ken verses , against which a passage in Hephaestion expressly declares , πᾶν μέτρον εἰς τελείαν περατοῦται λέξιν . Such verses ...
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acat acatalectus Aeolian Aesch Agam Anacreon anacrusis anapaest Anapaesticus anceps Arist arrhythmy arsis and thesis asynartete bacchius caesura called Carm catalectic catalecticus catalexis choriamb close comic poets cretic dactyl dactylic rhythm diaeresis dimeter dipody distich disyll disyllabum dochmius drama dramatists epic Epod especially feet frequently glyconic Greek hence Hephaestion hexameter hiatus iamb iambic dipody iambic trimeter ionic ithyphallic Logaoedic series lyric poets measured metre metrical monometer occurs Olymp P. I. ch Pind Plaut poems poetry polyschematist form principal caesura principal diaeresis proceleusmatic Pyth rarely rhythmical Roman short singly sometimes Soph spondee strophe syllabam syllable Terent tetrameter tribrach trimeter tripody trochaic trochaic dipody trochee verse versus Virg word ww ww ἀλλ ἂν ἀντ γὰρ δὲ Διὸς ἐκ ἐν ἐπὶ καὶ μὲν μοι οὐ οὐδ οὐκ οὖν στρ τὰ Τὰν τε τὴν τί Τίς τὸ τὸν τῶν ὡς
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