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... Original Form Polyschematist Form b . Strophes of an ionic principal rhythm Monodies Κομμοί and κομματικά B. Free Choral Songs • 320 320 320 320 • 322 · 323 324 · 325 · 325 . · 326 326 • 327 . · 329 333 333 336 338 INDEX 343 ...
... Original Form Polyschematist Form b . Strophes of an ionic principal rhythm Monodies Κομμοί and κομματικά B. Free Choral Songs • 320 320 320 320 • 322 · 323 324 · 325 · 325 . · 326 326 • 327 . · 329 333 333 336 338 INDEX 343 ...
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... original form of this jesting kind of lyric poetry was the iamb ( trimeter iambicus acatalectus ) , whence the po- ets of this kind are called also Iambographers . The iamb is probably not much later than the hexameter ; at least it is ...
... original form of this jesting kind of lyric poetry was the iamb ( trimeter iambicus acatalectus ) , whence the po- ets of this kind are called also Iambographers . The iamb is probably not much later than the hexameter ; at least it is ...
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... original Greek poetry , therefore , is not a prema- ture death which we ought to lament , but a natural one , such as every literature must experience after having attained a certain completeness ; it is rather an advantage of Greek ...
... original Greek poetry , therefore , is not a prema- ture death which we ought to lament , but a natural one , such as every literature must experience after having attained a certain completeness ; it is rather an advantage of Greek ...
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... original form of these sacred songs was the Saturnine verse , in which Saturn and Faunus com- municated their oracles , as among the Greeks the gods used hexameters for this purpose . It seems that in this measure , verbal accents ...
... original form of these sacred songs was the Saturnine verse , in which Saturn and Faunus com- municated their oracles , as among the Greeks the gods used hexameters for this purpose . It seems that in this measure , verbal accents ...
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... original species of poetry unknown to the Greeks , resemble communications to friends upon the most various subjects , full of pleasantry and wit , in a light poetic garb . The form of both species is the hexameter , whose purposely ...
... original species of poetry unknown to the Greeks , resemble communications to friends upon the most various subjects , full of pleasantry and wit , in a light poetic garb . The form of both species is the hexameter , whose purposely ...
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acat acatalectus Aeolian Aesch Agam Anacreon anacrusis anapaest Anapaesticus anceps antistrophic 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 Dorian drama dramatists epic Epod especially feet foot frequently glyconic Greek hence Hephaestion hexameter hiatus iamb iambic dipody iambic trimeter ionic irrational ithyphallic Logaoedic series lyric poets measured metre metrical monometer occurs Olymp P. I. ch Pind Plautus poems poetry polyschematist form principal caesura proceleusmatic Pyth rarely rhythmical Roman short singly sometimes Soph spondee strophe syllabam syllable tetrameter tribrach trimeter tripody trochaic basis trochaic dipody trochee verse versus Virg word ww ww ἀλλ ἂν ἀντ γὰρ δὲ Διὸς ἐκ ἐν ἐπὶ ἐς καὶ μὲν μοι οὐ οὐκ στρ τὰ τὰν τε τὴν τί Τίς τὸ τὸν τῶν ὡς
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