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Alcmanian verse

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232: 662:'s "Soldier's Wife": "Wild-visaged Wanderer, ah, for thy heavy chance!"), or to poems (e.g. in German) that strictly imitate Horace's meters. 225: 696: 621: 716: 218: 803: 481: 798: 408:(so called because it ends with a spondee, thus resembling the last four feet of the hexameter). Examples are 61: 76: 808: 22: 81: 269: 249: 398: 341: 186: 156: 111: 71: 41: 688: 681: 692: 201: 181: 136: 457: 416: 365: 356: 191: 171: 166: 86: 66: 46: 196: 659: 658:
The term "Alcmanian" is sometimes applied to modern English dactylic tetrameters (e.g.
141: 116: 792: 410: 277: 253: 161: 121: 36: 31: 585: 257: 131: 96: 56: 595:     were to beat the earth and unlock the closed up day, 445: 126: 745:
Nisbet, R. G. M. & Hubbard, M. (1970).'A Commentary on Horaces Odes Book 1
575:     and the sky threatens with cloudy rainshowers, 206: 151: 569:     and the former strength returned to my eyes. 362:
The final syllable of each line in the above fragment counts as short and
616: 608: 476: 327: 146: 106: 101: 91: 581:     night is poured from above onto the earth. 758: 352: 604:     strikes our amazed eyes with his rays.' 598: 589: 378: 281: 176: 359:
in the third line, but the lines end with dactyls (not spondees).
769:., New Series, Vol. 55, No. 2 (Oct., 2005), pp. 525–528; p. 525. 713:
Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges
441:'What do you want for yourself, woman worthy of black elephants? 444:     Why (do you send) me gifts and 306: 299: 292: 757:
i.e. with an insatiable sexual appetite: Lowrie, M. (2005).
566:'Then as the night was shaken off, the darkness became clear 475:
as the second verse of the Alcmanian strophe. For example,
578:
The Sun is hidden and, the stars not yet coming to the sky,
572:
Just as when clouds gather with a strong north-west wind
649:     with mournful strains...' 340:
This length is scanned like the first four feet of the
763:: A Commentary on Horace's "Epodes" by L. C. Watson 711:"Alcmanian strophe": J. B. Greenough et al (1903): 683:A Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory 680: 426:Quid tibi vis, mulier nigris dignissima barris? 471:Later Latin poets use the dactylic tetrameter 521:Sol latet ac nondum caelo venientibus astris, 226: 8: 732:(Google books), p. 14; P. A. Miller (2018). 637: 629: 557: 549: 542: 534: 527: 519: 512: 504: 497: 489: 460:, and the only one to be found in both the 432: 424: 363: 506:Ut, cum praecipiti glomerantur nubila Coro 233: 219: 18: 601:bursts out and gleaming with sudden light 491:Tunc me discussa liquerunt nocte tenebrae 782:, vol. 1, Loeb Classical Library, p. 91. 551:Emicat et subito vibratus lumine Phoebus 536:Hanc si Threicio Boreas emissus ab antro 671: 611:uses couplets of a dactylic tetrameter 21: 7: 374:The Alcmanian (or Alcmanic) strophe 514:Nimbosisque polus stetit imbribus, 397:. It is a couplet consisting of a 333:Begin the lovely words, add beauty 14: 544:Verberet et clausum reseret diem, 452:It is the only metre in Horace's 301:ἄρχ᾽ ἐρατῶν ϝεπέων, ἐπὶ δ᾽ ἵμερον 16:Greek and Latin poetic verse form 499:Luminibusque prior rediit vigor. 434:Munera quid mihi quidve tabellas 529:Desuper in terram nox funditur; 778:H. G. Evelyn-White (transl.), 636:      556:      541:      526:      511:      496:      431:      336:And lovely dance to our hymn.' 308:ὕμνωι καὶ χαρίεντα τίθη χορόν. 294:Μῶσ᾽ ἄγε Καλλιόπα θύγατερ Διὸς 268:Ancient metricians called the 1: 679:Cuddon, John Anthony (1998). 631:Te quoque Dryadiam materteram 559:Mirantes oculos radiis ferit. 264:Dactylic tetrameter in Alcman 646:'You also, Dryadia my aunt, 381:composed some poems in the 825: 456:not to contain any iambic 307: 300: 293: 276:because of its use by the 482:Consolation of Philosophy 344:(giving rise to the name 389:. It is also called the 62:Latin rhythmic hexameter 730:Horace: Odes and Epodes 318:| – uu – uu – uu – uu | 315:| – uu – uu – uu – uu | 638: 630: 558: 550: 543: 535: 528: 520: 513: 505: 498: 490: 433: 425: 364: 321:| – – – uu – uu – uu | 77:Metres of Roman comedy 23:Greek and Latin metre 804:Ancient Greek poetry 767:The Classical Review 588:, released from his 403:dactylic tetrameter 346:dactylic tetrameter 284:, as in fragment 27 82:Trochaic septenarius 747:. (Oxford), p. xiv. 639:flebilibus modulis. 330:, daughter of Zeus, 270:dactylic tetrameter 250:dactylic tetrameter 414:I.7 and I.28, and 399:dactylic hexameter 355:substitutes for a 342:dactylic hexameter 187:Resolution (meter) 157:Anaclasis (poetry) 112:Asclepiad (poetry) 72:Saturnian (poetry) 42:Dactylic hexameter 687:. Wiley. p.  383:Alcmanian strophe 370:is not observed. 243: 242: 816: 783: 776: 770: 755: 749: 743: 737: 726: 720: 709: 703: 702: 686: 676: 654:In modern poetry 641: 633: 561: 553: 546: 538: 531: 523: 516: 508: 501: 493: 436: 428: 395:1st Archilochian 391:Alcmanic strophe 387:Alcmanian system 369: 310: 309: 303: 302: 296: 295: 235: 228: 221: 202:Arsis and thesis 182:Biceps (prosody) 137:Galliambic verse 19: 824: 823: 819: 818: 817: 815: 814: 813: 799:Types of verses 789: 788: 787: 786: 777: 773: 756: 752: 744: 740: 736:(Google books). 728:N. Rudd (2004) 727: 723: 710: 706: 699: 678: 677: 673: 668: 656: 376: 366:brevis in longo 266: 246:Alcmanian verse 239: 192:Brevis brevians 172:Brevis in longo 167:Metron (poetry) 87:Hendecasyllable 67:Iambic trimeter 52:Alcmanian verse 47:Elegiac couplet 17: 12: 11: 5: 822: 820: 812: 811: 806: 801: 791: 790: 785: 784: 771: 750: 738: 721: 704: 697: 670: 669: 667: 664: 660:Robert Southey 655: 652: 651: 650: 647: 643: 642: 634: 615:followed by a 606: 605: 602: 596: 593: 582: 579: 576: 573: 570: 567: 563: 562: 554: 547: 539: 532: 524: 517: 509: 502: 494: 450: 449: 442: 438: 437: 429: 401:followed by a 375: 372: 338: 337: 334: 331: 323: 322: 319: 316: 312: 311: 304: 297: 265: 262: 248:refers to the 241: 240: 238: 237: 230: 223: 215: 212: 211: 210: 209: 204: 199: 194: 189: 184: 179: 174: 169: 164: 159: 154: 149: 144: 142:Sotadean metre 139: 134: 129: 124: 119: 117:Sapphic stanza 114: 109: 104: 99: 94: 89: 84: 79: 74: 69: 64: 59: 54: 49: 44: 39: 34: 26: 25: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 821: 810: 807: 805: 802: 800: 797: 796: 794: 781: 775: 772: 768: 764: 762: 754: 751: 748: 742: 739: 735: 731: 725: 722: 718: 714: 708: 705: 700: 698:9780631202714 694: 690: 685: 684: 675: 672: 665: 663: 661: 653: 648: 645: 644: 640: 635: 632: 628: 627: 626: 624: 623: 618: 614: 610: 603: 600: 597: 594: 591: 587: 583: 580: 577: 574: 571: 568: 565: 564: 560: 555: 552: 548: 545: 540: 537: 533: 530: 525: 522: 518: 515: 510: 507: 503: 500: 495: 492: 488: 487: 486: 484: 483: 478: 474: 469: 467: 463: 459: 455: 447: 443: 440: 439: 435: 430: 427: 423: 422: 421: 419: 418: 413: 412: 407: 406: 400: 396: 392: 388: 384: 380: 373: 371: 368: 367: 360: 358: 354: 350: 349: 343: 335: 332: 329: 325: 324: 320: 317: 314: 313: 305: 298: 291: 290: 289: 287: 283: 279: 278:Archaic Greek 275: 271: 263: 261: 259: 255: 251: 247: 236: 231: 229: 224: 222: 217: 216: 214: 213: 208: 205: 203: 200: 198: 195: 193: 190: 188: 185: 183: 180: 178: 175: 173: 170: 168: 165: 163: 162:Metrical foot 160: 158: 155: 153: 150: 148: 145: 143: 140: 138: 135: 133: 130: 128: 125: 123: 122:Alcaic stanza 120: 118: 115: 113: 110: 108: 105: 103: 100: 98: 95: 93: 90: 88: 85: 83: 80: 78: 75: 73: 70: 68: 65: 63: 60: 58: 55: 53: 50: 48: 45: 43: 40: 38: 37:Latin prosody 35: 33: 32:Greek prosody 30: 29: 28: 27: 24: 20: 809:Latin poetry 779: 774: 766: 760: 753: 746: 741: 733: 729: 724: 712: 707: 682: 674: 657: 620: 612: 607: 480: 472: 470: 465: 461: 453: 451: 446:billets-doux 415: 409: 405:a posteriore 404: 402: 394: 390: 386: 382: 377: 361: 351:). Thus, a 347: 345: 339: 326:'Come, Muse 285: 273: 267: 258:Latin poetry 245: 244: 197:Porson's Law 132:Anacreontics 97:Aeolic verse 57:Archilochian 51: 584:But if the 127:Ionic metre 793:Categories 761:The Epodes 666:References 622:Parentalia 586:North Wind 759:"Review: 207:Catalexis 152:Lekythion 780:Ausonius 617:hemiepes 613:a priore 609:Ausonius 590:Thracian 477:Boethius 473:a priore 348:a priore 328:Calliope 274:Alcmanic 147:Dochmiac 107:Glyconic 102:Choriamb 92:Choliamb 599:Phoebus 485:I.m.3: 393:or the 353:spondee 734:Horace 695:  462:Epodes 454:Epodes 379:Horace 357:dactyl 282:Alcman 177:Anceps 717:§617a 625:25: 592:cave, 458:metra 417:Epode 280:poet 254:Greek 693:ISBN 466:Odes 464:and 420:12: 411:Odes 272:the 256:and 619:in 385:or 286:PMG 252:in 795:: 765:. 715:, 691:. 689:18 479:' 468:. 448:?' 288:: 260:. 719:. 701:. 234:e 227:t 220:v

Index

Greek and Latin metre
Greek prosody
Latin prosody
Dactylic hexameter
Elegiac couplet
Alcmanian verse
Archilochian
Latin rhythmic hexameter
Iambic trimeter
Saturnian (poetry)
Metres of Roman comedy
Trochaic septenarius
Hendecasyllable
Choliamb
Aeolic verse
Choriamb
Glyconic
Asclepiad (poetry)
Sapphic stanza
Alcaic stanza
Ionic metre
Anacreontics
Galliambic verse
Sotadean metre
Dochmiac
Lekythion
Anaclasis (poetry)
Metrical foot
Metron (poetry)
Brevis in longo

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