1207:, in the middle of the third foot, as in lines 1, 5, and 6 above. However, for variety the position of the caesura can change, for example to the middle of the 2nd foot, as in lines 2 and 4, or the middle of the 4th foot, as in lines 3 and 7. There is never a word-break exactly in the middle of the line, although pastoral poetry (such as that of
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uses the meter only here in his extant plays, although it is found occasionally in the surviving fragments of other playwrights. In this meter there is either a break (dieresis) in the middle of the line, or a caesura (word-break) after the first syllable of the second half. It is probable that it gets its name from the poet
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The line is divided into six feet, known as dactyls (– u u) and spondees (– –). In this opening passage of the Iliad, dactyls and spondees are equally common, although overall in Greek hexameters, the dactylic foot is slightly more common (in the ratio 60-40), while in Latin hexameters the spondee is
345:
The word-accents in Greek poetry did not affect the meter, but contributed to the melody, in that (judging from the
Seikilos inscription and other fragments) syllables with an acute accent tended to be sung on a higher pitch, and those with a circumflex were sung on two notes, the first higher than
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when the chorus leader steps forward in the persona of the poet himself and addresses the audience (518-562). The basic meter is | x x – x | – u u – | x x – x | – u – |, where the opening of each half is generally trochaic ( – u / – – ) but may occasionally be iambic ( u – / u u u ). Aristophanes
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An unusual feature, not found in most other types of Greek verse, is the double anceps (x x) at the beginning of the line. In Sappho and
Alcaeus also the number of syllables in each line is always the same (that is, they are "isosyllabic"): a long syllable may not be substituted for two shorts or
2180:
Anapaestic verse is always found in dimeters or tetrameters, each dimeter consisting of four feet. The most common type of foot is the spondee (– –), followed by the anapaest (u u –), then the dactyl (– u u). The exact proportions of the different kinds of feet differ in different authors; for
936:
Non-lyric meters are those used for narrative, funeral elegies, the dialogue of tragedies, pastoral poetry, and didactic poetry. A characteristic of these metres is that every line is the same length throughout the poem (except for the elegiac couplet, in which the whole couplet is repeated
3386:. In the first eight lines of each stanza, trochaic rhythms predominate, mixed with the hagesichorean, which gets its name from this poem. Lines 9 to 12 of each stanza are trochaic, breaking into dactyls for the last two lines. The stanza below is part of the song only (lines 50-63):
515:), the final syllable will be treated as long by position if the next word starts with a consonant; but if the next word starts with a vowel, the consonant will be taken as part of the next syllable and the final syllable of the word will be considered short, for example
2181:
example, anapaests make up 26% of the feet of anapaestic verse in
Sophocles, but 39% in Aristophanes; dactyls make up 20% of anapaestic verse in Sophocles but only 6% in Aristophanes. In comedy a very small number of feet are proceleusmatic (u u u u).
1200:
more common (in the same ratio). The fifth foot in Greek hexameters is nearly always a dactyl; in Homer only 1 line in 18 has a spondaic fifth foot. Because the final syllable in a line is long by position, the last foot is always a spondee.
1802:, that is, the last syllable is removed; since the final syllable of a line always counts as long, in catalexis the formerly short penultimate is changed to a long when it becomes final, as in this extract from Aristophanes play the
337:
It would appear that most
Ancient Greek poetry, including the poems of Homer, was composed to be sung to music, and it is generally assumed by those who have reconstructed the surviving fragments of Greek music, such as the
3365:
Meters such as the above, which consist of a mixture of dactyls and trochees, are sometimes referred to as "logaoedic" ("speech-song"), since they are halfway between the irregularity of speech and regularity of poetry.
2337:) are usually less regular than non-lyric meters. The lines are made up of feet of different kinds, and can be of varying lengths. Some lyric meters were used for monody (solo songs), such as some of the poems of
376:
A syllable is "long by position" if the vowel precedes the consonants ζ /zd/, ξ /ks/ or ψ /ps/ or two other consonants. However, a plosive followed by a liquid or a nasal will not necessarily lengthen a syllable.
439:
An exception to the brevis in longo rule is occasionally found in lyric poetry when lines sometimes form a continuous system without a pause between one line and the next, for example
Aristophanes,
309:/ 'children', where a short vowel is followed by a plosive + liquid combination; but for poetic purposes such syllables were treated as either long or short. Thus in the opening speech of the play
3964:
Metron – Each of a series of identical or equivalent units, defined according to the number and length of syllables, into which the rhythm of a line of a particular metre is divided.
1798:
Other meters are also used for the dialogues of comedies, especially when there is a change of pace or mood. One such meter is the iambic tetrameter. This metre is generally
2055:
In general, however, ancient writers seem to have recognised that trochaic meters had a different character from iambic. The name "trochaic" is derived from the Greek verb
1339:", consisting of two feet. In the first and second metron, one of the two long syllables may be replaced by two short ones, making the following possible variations:
232:
3027:, which consists of three lines in the form | – u – x – u u – u – – | followed without a break by | – u u – – |. The most famous poem of this type, written in the
1936:
1449a21) this was the original meter used in satyr plays. In the extant plays, it is more often used in comedy, although occasionally also in tragedy (e.g.
4401:
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In his book on
Pindaric metre, Kiichiro Itsumi characterises this ode as "amalgamated style", that is, a mixture of Aeolic and dactylo-epitrite rhythms.
305:. It is probable that in the natural spoken language there were also syllables of intermediate length, as in the first syllable of words such as τέκνα /
3196:
Two elements comprise dactylo-epitrite (formerly also called Doric) verse, the one dactylic, the other epitrite. The dactylic metron is called the
3751:
By resolving the longs of these two feet, one may produce an additional two feet, named for the position of their long syllable, the First Paeon:
1932:
Occasionally, as an alternative to iambic, Greek playwrights use trochaic feet, as in the trochaic tetrameter catalectic. According to
Aristotle (
2083:(961-1009) for the speech of the character Just Argument describing how boys were expected to behave in the good old days. It begins as follows:
342:, that a short syllable was sung to a short note, while the long syllables were sung to longer notes, or to a group of two or three short notes.
3016:
Further types arise when the choriamb at the centre of the verse is extended, for example to | – u u – u u – | or | – u u – – u u – – u u – |.
1231:, consisting of two sections of two and a half feet each. The second half of a pentameter always has | – u u | – u u | – |, without variation.
358:
There are rules that determine the length of any given syllable. A syllable is said to be "long by nature" if it contains a long vowel or a
326:
Different kinds of poetry use different patterns of long and short syllables, known as meters (UK: metres). For example, the epic poems of
970:
In this meter any of the pairs of short syllables (u u) can be replaced by a long syllable (–), although this is rare in the fifth foot.
225:
271:
2620:(484-495). It starts with four choriambic dimeters, but then becomes Ionic (although some scholars analyse the whole ode as ionic).
1918:. There is often a break (dieresis) between the two halves of the line, but as the above example shows, this is not always found.
2189:
Other meters are also occasionally found in comedy, such as the
Eupolidean. This is used in the second edition of Aristophanes'
2886:
vice versa. In the later type of Aeolic written by Pindar, however, a long syllable may sometimes be resolved into two shorts.
403:
The final syllable of a line, even if short by nature, is, if the relevant hypothesis is accepted, generally considered long ("
4563:
372:αι, αυ, ει, ευ, οι, ου, ηυ, υι, ᾳ, ῃ and ῳ are either diphthongs or in some cases represent long vowels written as a digraph.
218:
3608:
1150:
In order to accommodate the words to the meter, Homer often varies them. Thus in the above extract, the final two vowels of
1368:
Unlike most other kinds of Greek poetry, it appears that the iambic trimeter was used for dialogue unaccompanied by music.
4558:
4508:
4083:
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Anaclasis – an interchange of the final long syllable of the first metron with the opening short syllable of the second.
556:
In epic and elegiac poetry, a long vowel or diphthong at the end of a word preceding a vowel is usually shortened, e.g.
3791:
Dochmiac rhythms are much used by the
Athenian tragedians for agitated lamentations. An example is the following, from
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and the
Pherecratean. Both have the choriamb | – u u – | as their nucleus. The Glyconic can be represented as follows:
605:', each foot consisting usually of 3 or 4 syllables (but sometimes 2 or 5). These can be seen as roughly equivalent to
492:, with the first syllable closed. A short syllable is a syllable which is open and which has a short vowel, such as
3997:
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or double iamb, which consists of two short and two long syllables. An Ionic line consists of two of these feet:
3967:
Resolution – The substitution of two short syllables for a single long one; the result of such a substitution.
1607:
The iambic trimeter is also the basic meter used in the dialogue parts of Greek comedies, such as the plays of
61:
4398:
4002:
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Another kind of Aeolic meter, the hagesichorean (see above), was so named by M.L. West after a line (57) in
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A variation of the ionic metre involves the use of choriambic feet | – u u – |, as in this choral song from
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is not observed. Sometimes even a short element can be replaced by two short syllables, making for example:
1356:
Occasionally also, especially to accommodate a proper name, as in lines 2 and 3 of the example below, the
666:
651:
473:
469:
465:
76:
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and also in some of the choral songs of certain tragedies and comedies. An example is the following from
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Beyond these more common feet, a great amount of variation is possible within the Ionic meter because of
22:
2383:, that is, missing the final syllable. Catalectic lines tend to come at the end of a period or stanza:
3797:
2042:
1927:
347:
294:
81:
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2843:
2431:
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1228:
617:
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2850:. A development of Aeolic verse, but less regular and more varied, is found in the choral odes of
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2416:
2408:
2392:
1303:
959:
331:
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were composed using the pattern | – u u | – u u | – u u | – u u | – u u | – – | (the so-called
290:
281:), "song sung to music; pronunciation of syllable") is the theory and practice of versification.
186:
156:
111:
71:
41:
2345:; others were used for choral dances, such as the choruses of tragedies and the victory odes of
3611:, which begins as follows with a glyconic and a pherecratean, but soon becomes more irregular:
3197:
2038:) in the middle of the line, but as can be seen above, this is not always the case in comedy.
1220:
4016:
1172:, the name "Achilles" is sometimes pronounced with a double and sometimes with a single "l"
540:γμ, γν, δμ and δν will always make a long syllable even when preceded by a short vowel, e.g.
3250:
1118:
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in a line of music. The different varieties of feet were given different names, as follows:
389:
339:
201:
181:
136:
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253:
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86:
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As an example of the comic version of the iambic trimeter, here are the opening lines of
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196:
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Various patterns of Aeolic verse are found, some of which are named and organized here:
1615:. In comedy there tend to be more resolutions into short syllables than in tragedy, and
3020:
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Aeolic verse mostly refers to the type of poems written by the two well-known poets of
1544:
1211:) often makes a word-break between the 4th and 5th foot, known as a "bucolic caesura".
602:
141:
116:
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boys from the same village naked in a group, even if it was snowing like coarse meal."
464:. A syllable ending in a vowel, like χθό-, is called an "open syllable". Note that ζ
4552:
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3127:
267:
249:
161:
121:
36:
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was struck by lightning. Like all choral songs in Athenian tragedy, it imitates the
3028:
2985:
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form of the meter not as trochaic but as iambic, with initial not final catalexis.
1951:
1942:
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1608:
131:
96:
56:
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secondly, they had to walk in the streets in an orderly way to the lyre-teacher's,
262:
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Another very common meter, which is used in the dialogues of Greek plays, is the
576:) 'tell me of the man', which is scanned | – u u | – u u |. This is called "Epic
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3241:
2855:
2617:
2457:
2440:
2395:, the metathesis of a short and a long syllable, yields a second pattern called
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I thought it right that you should be the first to taste this play which cost me
1377:
1299:
1224:
647:
606:
413:
311:
126:
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This metre is also frequently used in Roman comedies, where it is known as the
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for any other star warmer than the sun, shining by day through the lonely sky,
2380:
2163:
2079:
2070:
2049:
1956:
1799:
1636:
1208:
577:
1178:, and so on. He also uses the past tense of verbs sometimes with the augment
3792:
3245:
3036:
2783:
2613:
2435:
2412:
2174:
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2061:"I run" and it was considered a livelier and faster rhythm than the iambic.
1937:
1768:
1372:
1157:
1143:
408:
359:
316:
206:
151:
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I am a-flutter with forebodings, seeing neither the present nor the future.
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A similar mixture of trochaic and dactylic meter is also found in some of
1960:(607ff), where the leader of the chorus of Clouds addresses the audience:
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3740:
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2866:
2798:
2449:
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is used in comedy. It is described as a 'dignified' meter and is used in
1761:
1612:
1550:
1111:
382:
146:
106:
101:
91:
4145:
3991:
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the most work; on that occasion I had to retreat, defeated by vulgar men
1904:
but now since my dad here himself has stopped me from doing these things
4188:
3201:
3003:
2970:
2814:
2195:
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First of all it was not allowed to hear the voice of any boy grumbling,
1204:
681:
662:
637:
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when I flourished speaking right things and temperance was in fashion.
446:
When a single consonant comes between two vowels, such as in the word
3971:
3728:
3604:
3383:
3379:
3237:
3101:
3032:
3024:
2851:
2847:
2839:
2835:
2460:α /ā/ in many words instead of η /ē/ (e.g. Δίρκα for Δίρκη 'Dirce'):
2453:
2427:
2423:
2346:
2338:
1901:
I wouldn't have been able to say three words before making a mistake;
1560:
1554:
1260:
1253:
1074:
1067:
1060:
1053:
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1039:
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955:
670:
567:
522:
510:
483:
453:
427:
276:
176:
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intelligent though you are, on whose behalf I took so much trouble!"
1627:
However, the last foot of the line is always an iamb: | .... u – |.
1323:. The basic scheme for this is as follows (where "x" represents an
3940:
like water which cannot be fought against pouring from a mountain.
2445:
1570:
1291:
1125:
974:
951:
327:
258:
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The hagesichorean meter is used for all four lines of the famous
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that I can neither agree to nor deny; I am at a loss what to say.
1774:
you wouldn't be able to pass through the streets for tambourines!
3200:
and is variable in the number of dactyls that proceed the final
2334:
1586:
1540:
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The dactylic hexameter is also used for short epigrams, such as
1140:(sing) from when that first time the two differed, quarrelling –
1134:
1107:
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Catalexis – Absence of a syllable in the last foot of a verse.
1381:
are scanned as follows (the resolved elements are underlined):
1223:' epigram commemorating the Spartans who died in the battle of
297:, as in English. The two syllable lengths in Greek poetry are
4227:
Golston, C; Riad, T. (2000), "The Phonology of Greek Metre",
3875:
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The dactylo-epitrite meter is often used for choral songs by
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then she said she was angry; for she has suffered grievously,
1992:
1985:
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that destructive anger, which made countless sorrows for the
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Golston, C; Riad, T. (2000) "The Phonology of Greek Metre",
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Golston, C; Riad, T. (2000) "The Phonology of Greek Metre",
4118:
Golston, C; Riad, T. (2000) "The Phonology of Greek Metre",
3934:
and in addition the plain of my land, resounding with hoofs,
3652:ἄλλο θαλπνότερον ἐν ἁμέρᾳ φαεννὸν ἄστρον ἐρήμας δι’ αἰθέρος,
3589:"a plough (plow)" is read in the 12th line above instead of
3355:
of slain oxen beside the unending stream of my father Ocean,
1907:
and I understand subtle opinions and arguments and thoughts,
1576:
And I see the tomb of my mother who was struck by lightning,
1290:
The dactylic hexameter-pentameter couplet was also used for
3925:
a great host of horsemen, look!, is flowing, rushing ahead;
1910:
I think I shall teach how it is right to punish my father."
435:"I, the son of Zeus, have come to this land of the Thebans"
3352:
nor may I be idle in approaching the gods with holy feasts
1895:
and to be able to treat established customs with contempt!
1327:
syllable, that is one which may be either long or short):
1281:"O stranger, take news to the Spartans that in this place
580:." Correption is also sometimes found within a word, e.g.
334:, where – represents a long syllable, and u a short one.)
3374:
Choral song is often in a mixture of meters, such as the
3244:
and also in the choruses of tragedies, for example (from
458:), the consonant is deemed to start the second syllable:
3775:. From the Cretic and the Bacchius, the Slow Dochmiacs:
2819:
to assist the family of Labdacus in the unsolved death?"
2096:ὅτ’ ἐγὼ τὰ δίκαια λέγων ἤνθουν καὶ σωφροσύνη ’νενόμιστο.
2030:
despite helping you all, not with words but in reality."
1892:"How nice it is to converse about new and clever things,
1789:
It doesn't become you to make your eyebrows into a bow!"
1598:
all round with the grape-bearing greenness of the vine."
950:
The earliest Greek poetry, namely the poems ascribed to
1640:. A short element is resolved in lines 2, 4, 6, and 7;
1582:
smoking with the still living flame of the divine fire,
4397:
For the meter cf. Golston, Chris; Riad, Tomas (2005).
4029:
West, M.L. (1970), "A new approach to Greek prosody",
2312:
and that this was the most intelligent of my comedies,
2141:"Well, I'll tell you how education was in the old days
2117:τοὺς κωμήτας γυμνοὺς ἁθρόους, κεἰ κριμνώδη κατανείφοι.
1837:οὐδ’ ἂν τρί’ εἰπεῖν ῥήμαθ’ οἷός τ’ ἦν πρὶν ἐξαμαρτεῖν·
1203:
Often there is a slight pause in the line, known as a
3204:
or long syllable. Thus it is represented as follows:
2103:πρῶτον μὲν ἔδει παιδὸς φωνὴν γρύξαντος μηδὲν ἀκοῦσαι·
503:
If a word ends in a short vowel + consonant, such as
4135:, 41 no. 1, Jan. 2000, p. 133, quoting Ludwich 1885.
3573:
as we carry the robe (plough?) for the dawn goddess,
2846:, which was later imitated by Latin writers such as
2797:
For what quarrel there was either for the family of
2444:
519-28. It is a choral song addressed to the stream
2110:εἶτα βαδίζειν ἐν ταῖσιν ὁδοῖς εὐτάκτως ἐς κιθαριστοῦ
1898:
For when I used to apply my mind only to horseracing
1851:γνώμαις δὲ λεπταῖς καὶ λόγοις ξύνειμι καὶ μερίμναις,
601:
The ancient prosodists divided lines of verse into '
4042:Cf. also A.M. Devine, Laurence D. Stephens (1994),
3727:meter is based primarily on two kinds of feet, the
1595:
a sanctuary for his daughter; and I have covered it
3990:
2250:ἔργον πλεῖστον· εἶτ’ ἀνεχώρουν ὑπ’ ἀνδρῶν φορτικῶν
2127:| u u – u u – | u u – – – || – – u u – | u u – – |
3946:o gods and goddesses, with a shout over the walls
3707:and let us not proclaim any contest greater than
3692:in the night, stands out above all lordly wealth.
3274:μηδ᾽ ἐλινύσαιμι θεοὺς ὁσίαις θοίναις ποτινισομένα
2782:"Terrible things, therefore, terrible things the
2321:though I didn't deserve it; I blame you for that,
620:notation: – = long syllable; ᴗ = short syllable.
4315:, Cambridge University Press, Commentary ad loc.
3922:an army has been let loose; having left the camp
3681:| – u – u u u u – u – u – u – u u – – u – u – |
3567:runs after her, a Colaxaean horse to an Ibenian;
2264:τοῖς σοφοῖς, ὧν οὕνεκ’ ἐγὼ ταῦτ’ ἐπραγματευόμην.
1980:πρῶτα μὲν χαίρειν Ἀθηναίοισι καὶ τοῖς ξυμμάχοις·
1579:here near the palace, and the ruins of her house
3928:the dust which appears in the air persuades me,
3361:but may this remain in me and never melt away."
3316:| – u – – | – u u – u u – – | – u u – u u – | (
2034:When used in tragedy, there is always a break (
1780:Except at least here's my neighbour coming out.
1592:And I praise Cadmus, who made this ground holy,
966:| – u u | – u u | – u u | – u u | – u u | – – |
3949:ward off this evil which has been stirred up!"
3346:"May he who apportions everything, Zeus, never
2257:ἡττηθεὶς οὐκ ἄξιος ὤν· ταῦτ’ οὖν ὑμῖν μέμφομαι
2133:| – u u – – | – – u u – || – – – – | u u – – |
2024:first to greet the Athenians and their allies,
1994:ὠφελοῦσ’ ὑμᾶς ἅπαντας, οὐ λόγοις ἀλλ’ ἐμφανῶς.
1844:νυνὶ δ’ ἐπειδή μ’ οὑτοσὶ τούτων ἔπαυσεν αὐτός,
1819:καὶ τῶν καθεστώτων νόμων ὑπερφρονεῖν δύνασθαι.
3689:"Water is best, and gold, like a blazing fire
3281:βουφόνοις παρ᾽ Ὠκεανοῦ πατρὸς ἄσβεστον πόρον,
3087:"That man seems to me to be equal to the gods
2810:did I learn; enquiring from whom with a test,
2605:I proclaim, Bacchian one, that they will name
2177:is explaining his views about modern poetry.
2161:'s solemn invocation summoning the Clouds in
2089:λέξω τοίνυν τὴν ἀρχαίαν παιδείαν ὡς διέκειτο,
1914:In Roman comedies this meter is known as the
1812:ὡς ἡδὺ καινοῖς πράγμασιν καὶ δεξιοῖς ὁμιλεῖν,
1760:"But if someone had invited those women to a
1566:and having changed from a god to mortal shape
1095:| – – | – u u | – u u | – u u | – u u | – – |
1083:| – u u | – u u | – – | – u u | – u u | – – |
323:/ as long in line 1, but as short in line 6.
226:
8:
3624:ἅτε διαπρέπει νυκτὶ μεγάνορος ἔξοχα πλούτου·
2813:shall I go against the public reputation of
2309:as, thinking you to be clever play-watchers,
2300:"O spectators, I will declare to you freely,
2236:καὶ ταύτην σοφώτατ’ ἔχειν τῶν ἐμῶν κωμῳδιῶν,
2136:| – – – – | – – u u – || – – – – | u u – – |
2130:| – – u u – | – – – – || – – – – | u u – – |
1966:ἡνίχ’ ἡμεῖς δεῦρ’ ἀφορμᾶσθαι παρεσκευάσμεθα,
1271:| – – | – – | – u u | – u u | – u u | – – |
1255:ô xeîn’, angéllein Lakedaimoníois hóti têide
1227:of 480 BC. In this case it is joined with a
4425:Oxford/New York: Oxford University Press;
3617:ἄριστον μὲν ὕδωρ, ὁ δὲ χρυσὸς αἰθόμενον πῦρ
2367:is the minor Ionic foot, also called Ionic
2243:πρώτους ἠξίωσ’ ἀναγεῦσ’ ὑμᾶς, ἣ παρέσχε μοι
2222:οὕτω νικήσαιμί τ’ ἐγὼ καὶ νομιζοίμην σοφός,
1987:εἶτα θυμαίνειν ἔφασκε· δεινὰ γὰρ πεπονθέναι
1973:ἡ σελήνη συντυχοῦσ’ ἡμῖν ἐπέστειλεν φράσαι,
1786:Why are you so upset? Don't scowl, my dear.
1777:As it is, not a single woman has turned up!
1101:| – u u | – u u | – – | – – | – u u | – – |
1092:| – – | – – | – u u | – u u | – u u | – – |
1086:| – u u | – – | – u u | – – | – u u | – – |
1076:Atreḯdēs te ánax andrôn kaì dîos Akhilleús.
1048:pollàs d’ iphthímous psukhàs Áïdi proḯapsen
973:The opening lines of Homer's epic poem the
962:, of which the basic scheme is as follows:
4210:
4208:
4206:
3937:brings a cry to my ear; it flies and roars
3349:set his power in opposition to my purpose,
3295:ἀλλά μοι τόδ᾽ ἐμμένοι καὶ μήποτ᾽ ἐκτακείη.
2333:Lyric meters (literally, meters sung to a
2198:, who may have used it. The speech in the
2124:| – – – – | – – – – || – – – – | u u – – |
1563:, brought to birth by lightning-born fire;
1237:ὦ ξεῖν’, ἀγγέλλειν Λακεδαιμονίοις ὅτι τῇδε
1062:oiōnoîsí te pâsi, Diòs d’ eteleíeto boulḗ,
1041:ouloménēn, hḕ murí’ Akhaioîs álge’ éthēke,
1025:Ἀτρεΐδης τε ἄναξ ἀνδρῶν καὶ δῖος Ἀχιλλεύς.
1011:οἰωνοῖσί τε πᾶσι, Διὸς δ’ ἐτελείετο βουλή,
233:
219:
18:
4214:Denniston, J.D., article "Metre, Greek",
4161:Denniston, J.D., article "Metre, Greek",
3595:"a robe", the metre of the line will be
3031:spoken in Sappho's time on the island of
2303:the truth, by Dionysus who brought me up.
2215:τἀληθῆ νὴ τὸν Διόνυσον τὸν ἐκθρέψαντά με.
2069:The anapestic (or anapaestic) tetrameter
2021:the Moon met us and instructed us to say,
1875:| u – u uu | u – u – || – – u – | u – – |
1783:Hello, Calonice!" – "You too, Lysistrata!
1755:| – – u – | – – u – | – – u – |
1262:keímetha toîs keínōn rhḗmasi peithómenoi.
1098:| – – | – – | – u u | – – | – u u | – – |
1089:| – – | – – | – – | – u u | – u u | – – |
1055:hērṓōn, autoùs dè helṓria teûkhe kúnessin
476:count as two consonants, and a word like
4452:J.D. Denniston, article "Metre, Greek",
4191:) where there was a temple of Aphrodite.
3970:Syncopation – Suppression of a short or
3228:The epitrite is represented as follows:
2891:
2590:when in his thigh from the immortal fire
2173:(589-604) he uses it when the late poet
2018:"When we were preparing to set out here,
2013:| – u – – | – u – u || – u – – | – u – |
2010:| – u – – | – u – u || – u – u | – u – |
1950:is | – u – x |. Here is an example from
1887:| – – u – | – – u – | – – u uu | u – – |
1884:| – – u – | – – u – || u – u – | u – – |
1881:| – – u – | – – u – || – – u – | u – – |
1872:| – – u – | – – u – || u – u – | u – – |
1869:| – – u – | – – u – || – – u – | u – – |
1360:syllable may be replaced by two shorts:
1274:| – u u | – – | – || – u u | – u u | – |
1133:and birds of all kinds, and the plan of
774:
693:
622:
369:α, ι, and υ can be either long or short.
4240:A.M. Devine, Laurence Stephens (1994),
3982:
3931:a speechless but clear, true messenger;
3919:"I wail fearful loud cries of distress;
3659:μηδ’ Ὀλυμπίας ἀγῶνα φέρτερον αὐδάσομεν·
3538:"Do you not see? The one is an Enetican
3323:| – u – u | – u u – u u – – | – u – | (
2306:May I so win and be thought intelligent
2007:| – u – – | – u – – | – u – – | – u – |
2004:| – u – – | – u – – | – u – – | – u – |
2001:| – u – – | – u – – | – u – – | – u – |
1878:| – – u – | – – u – | – – u – | u – – |
1727:οὐ γὰρ πρέπει σοι τοξοποιεῖν τὰς ὀφρῦς.
990:οὐλομένην, ἣ μυρί’ Ἀχαιοῖς ἄλγε’ ἔθηκε,
21:
4105:
4103:
3669:| u u u – u – – u u – u u – u u – – |
3267:θεῖτ᾽ ἐμᾷ γνώμᾳ κράτος ἀντίπαλον Ζεύς,
2865:is built upon two kinds of lines, the
2422:This meter is used by the lyric poets
2229:ὡς ὑμᾶς ἡγούμενος εἶναι θεατὰς δεξιοὺς
2157:Aristophanes also uses this metre for
1421:πάρειμι Δίρκης νάματ’ Ἰσμηνοῦ θ’ ὕδωρ.
1244:κείμεθα τοῖς κείνων ῥήμασι πειθόμενοι.
1130:of heroes, and made them prey for dogs
1004:ἡρώων, αὐτοὺς δὲ ἑλώρια τεῦχε κύνεσσιν
997:πολλὰς δ’ ἰφθίμους ψυχὰς Ἄϊδι προΐαψεν
3821:ῥεῖ πολὺς ὅδε λεὼς πρόδρομος ἱππότας·
3337:| – u – u | – u – – | – u – – – – | (
3019:A simple type of Aeolic metre is the
2894:
2208:ὦ θεώμενοι κατερῶ πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἐλευθέρως
1749:| – – uu – | – – u – | – – u – |
1335:The group | x – u – | is known as a "
1146:, lord of men, and godlike Achilles."
1069:ex hoû dḕ tà prôta diastḗtēn erísante
1034:mênin áeide, theà, Pēlēïádeō Akhilêos
429:hḗkō Diòs paîs tḗnde Thēbaíōn khthóna
7:
4399:"The phonology of Greek Lyric meter"
4187:A promontory (now Agios Kosmas near
4056:
4054:
4052:
4017:participating institution membership
3849:τὶ χρίμπτει βοάν· ποτᾶται, βρέμει δ’
3695:But if you wish to sing of contests,
3666:| u – – u u – u – | – u – u u – – |
3178:"The moon and the Pleiades have set,
2295:| – u – – – u u – || – u – u – u – |
2292:| – – – – – u u – || – – – – – u – |
2286:| – – – u – u u – || – – – u – u – |
2283:| – – – u – u u – || – u – – – u – |
2277:| – – – – – u u – || – u – – – u – |
2271:| – u – u – u u – || u – – u – u – |
1698:πλὴν ἥ γ᾽ ἐμὴ κωμῆτις ἥδ᾽ ἐξέρχεται.
1166:"destructive" is lengthened to make
1018:ἐξ οὗ δὴ τὰ πρῶτα διαστήτην ἐρίσαντε
319:treats the first syllable of τέκνα /
16:Theory and practice of versification
3814:μεθεῖται στρατός· στρατόπεδον λιπὼν
3787:| u u u – u – | and | u – u u u – |
2289:| – – – u – u u – | – u – – – u – |
2280:| – – – – – u u – | – u – – – u – |
2274:| – – – – – u u – | – u – – – u – |
1946:1649-73). The basic double foot or
1830:μὲν ἱππικῇ τὸν νοῦν μόνῃ προσεῖχον,
1414:μορφὴν δ’ ἀμείψας ἐκ θεοῦ βροτησίαν
1397:νυσος, ὃν τίκτει ποθ’ ἡ Κάδμου κόρη
983:μῆνιν ἄειδε, θεὰ, Πηληϊάδεω Ἀχιλῆος
4152:Vol. 4, No. 8 (1882), pp. 340-343.
3842:ἔτι δὲ γᾶς ἐμᾶς πεδί’ ὁπλόκτυπ’ ὠ-
3576:rising through the ambrosian night
1435:τόδ’ ἐγγὺς οἴκων καὶ δόμων ἐρείπια
14:
4423:Pindaric Metre: 'The Other Half'.
4109:Collins Online English Dictionary
3684:| – u – u – u – u – u u – – u – |
3564:But she, Agido, second in beauty,
3450:ἁ δὲ δευτέρα πεδ᾽ Ἀγιδὼ τὸ ϝεῖδος
1737:| – – u – | u – uu – | uu – u – |
1522:| – uu u – | – uu u – | – – u – |
1428:ὁρῶ δὲ μητρὸς μνῆμα τῆς κεραυνίας
1387:ἥκω Διὸς παῖς τήνδε Θηβαίων χθόνα
1298:") and later, in writers such as
1284:we lie, obedient to their words."
1190:, and sometimes without it, e.g.
423:ἥκω Διὸς παῖς τήνδε Θηβαίων χθόνα
381:π, β, φ, τ, δ, θ, κ, γ and χ are
3828:αἰθερία κόνις με πείθει φανεῖσ’,
3457:ἵππος Ἰβηνῶι Κολαξαῖος δραμήται·
3318:epitrite + prosodiac + prosodiac
1858:οἶμαι διδάξειν ὡς δίκαιον τὸν πα
1771:'s or to Colias or Genetyllis's,
1752:| u – uu – | – – u – | – – u – |
1743:| – – uu – | u – u – | – – u – |
1740:| – – u – | – – u uu | – – u – |
1734:| – – u – | – – u – | – uu u – |
1543:, have come to this land of the
1534:| u – u – | u – u uu | – – u – |
1531:| u – u uu | – – u – | u – u – |
1528:| – – u – | u uu u – | u – u – |
1525:| – uu u – | – – u – | u – u – |
1507:| uu – u – | – – u – | u – u – |
1504:| uu – u – | – – u – | – – u – |
4524:The Lyric Meters of Greek Drama
4327:The Lyric Meters of Greek Drama
4176:The Lyric Metres of Greek Drama
4061:Annis, William (January 2006).
3905:| u u u – u – | u u u u u u – |
3890:| – u u u u u – | u u u – u – |
3856:ἀμαχέτου δίκαν ὕδατος ὀροτύπου.
3779:| u – – u – | and | u – u – – |
3521:| – u – – | – u – – | – u – – |
3518:| – u – u | – u – u | – u – – |
3325:epitrite + prosodiac + epitrite
3309:| – u – – | – u u – u u – – | (
3052:ἔμμεν᾽ ὤνηρ, ὄττις ἐνάντιός τοι
3045:φαίνεταί μοι κῆνος ἴσος θέοισιν
2719:φάτιν εἶμ’ Οἰδιπόδα Λαβδακίδαις
1746:| – – u – | – – u – | – – u – |
1709:νίκη. - καὶ σύ γ᾽ ὦ Λυσιστράτη.
1644:is broken in lines 1, 7 and 8:
1519:| u – u – | – – u – | u – u – |
1516:| u – u – | – – u – | u – u – |
1513:| u – u – | – – u – | – – u – |
1510:| – – u – | – – u – | u – u – |
1501:| – – u – | – – u – | – – u – |
1461:τον Ἥρας μητέρ’ εἰς ἐμὴν ὕβριν.
1407:λη λοχευθεῖσ’ ἀστραπηφόρῳ πυρί·
1331:| x – u – | x – u – | x – u – |
488:) is divided into syllables as
433:| – – u – | – – u – | – – u – |
4122:, 41 no. 1, Jan. 2000, p. 132.
3870:ἰὼ θεοὶ θεαί τ’ ὀρόμενον κακὸν
3478:νύκτα δι᾽ ἀμβροσίαν ἅτε σήριον
3339:epitrite + epitrite + epitrite
3059:ἰσδάνει καὶ πλάσιον ἆδυ φωνεί-
1720:ραξαι; μὴ σκυθρώπαζ᾽ ὦ τέκνον.
1650:ἀλλ᾽ εἴ τις ἐς Βακχεῖον αὐτὰς
1124:and sent many mighty souls to
1110:, of the anger of Peleus' son
407:"), as in the opening line of
1:
4296:"Three topics in Greek metre"
4063:"Introduction to Greek Meter"
3911:| u – u – u – | u u u – u – |
3835:ἄναυδος σαφὴς ἔτυμος ἄγγελος.
3570:for the Pleiades fight for us
2774:| u u – – | u u – – | u u – |
2593:Zeus his father snatched him,
2448:, about the birth of the god
1553:, whom once that daughter of
4302:Vol. 32, No. 2, pp. 281-297.
4200:Goddess of one's birth hour.
3899:| u u u – u – | u u u – u –|
3607:'s choral odes, such as the
2584:for you once in your streams
2379:Occasionally a line will be
1569:I am here by the streams of
889:first epitrite /ˈɛpɪˌtraɪt/
4543:Introduction to Greek Meter
4509:"Oxford English Dictionary"
4495:"Oxford English Dictionary"
4481:"Oxford English Dictionary"
4467:"Oxford English Dictionary"
4454:Oxford Classical Dictionary
4313:Sophocles: Oedipus the King
4242:The Prosody of Greek Speech
4216:Oxford Classical Dictionary
4163:Oxford Classical Dictionary
4085:Introduction to Greek Metre
4044:The Prosody of Greek Speech
3914:| u – – u – | u u u – u – |
3896:| u – – u – | u u u – u – |
3893:| – u u – u – | u – – u – |
3887:| u – – u – | u u u – u – |
3530:| – u u – u u – u u – u u |
3485:ἄστρον ἀυηρομέναι μάχονται·
3216:| – u u – u u – u u – (–) |
3150:νύκτες, πάρα δ' ἔρχετ' ὤρα,
3090:who is sitting opposite you
3039:, which begins as follows:
2777:| u u – | u u – – | u u – |
2654:πέτομαι δ’ ἐλπίσιν οὔτ’ ἐν-
2626:δεινὰ μὲν οὖν, δεινὰ ταράσ-
2596:after shouting these words:
2587:received that baby of Zeus,
789:proceleusmatic, tetrabrach
4580:
3877:βοᾷ τειχέων ὕπερ ἀλεύσατε.
3876:
3869:
3862:
3855:
3848:
3841:
3834:
3827:
3820:
3813:
3807:θρέομαι φοβερὰ μεγάλ’ ἄχη·
3806:
3771:to any of these creates a
3658:
3651:
3644:
3637:
3630:
3623:
3616:
3591:
3585:
3556:what shall I say openly? –
3484:
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2827:
2807:neither ever before or now
2725:
2718:
2711:
2704:
2697:
2690:
2683:
2676:
2669:
2660:
2653:
2647:κονθ’· ὅ τι λέξω δ’ ἀπορῶ.
2646:
2640:οὔτε δοκοῦντ’ οὔτ’ ἀποφάσ-
2639:
2632:
2625:
2535:
2528:
2521:
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2507:
2500:
2493:
2486:
2480:σὺ γὰρ ἐν σαῖς ποτε παγαῖς
2479:
2472:
2465:
2375:| u u – – | u u – – |
2356:
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2235:
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2048:Some authors analyse this
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1483:τρὸς σηκόν· ἀμπέλου δέ νιν
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1467:
1456:
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1427:
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4540:Annis, William S. (2006)
4442:. Cambridge. p. 155.
4421:Kiichiro Itsumi, (2009).
4372:. Cambridge. p. 151.
4329:. Cambridge. p. 216.
3998:Oxford English Dictionary
3902:| u – – u – | u – – u – |
3358:nor may I sin with words;
3079:| – u – – – u u – u – – |
3076:| – u – – – u u – u – – |
3073:| – u – – – u u – u – – |
2897:
2726:ἐπίκουρος ἀδήλων θανάτων.
2684:κος ἔκειτ’, οὔτε πάροιθέν
2602:enter this, my male womb;
2508:πασέ νιν, τάδ’ ἀναβοάσας·
1691:α πάρεστιν ἐνταυθοῖ γυνή:
289:Greek poetry is based on
4526:. Cambridge. p. 15.
4438:Thomson, George (1929).
4412:41, 77–115, pages 80-82.
4383:Thomson, George (1929).
4368:Thomson, George (1929).
4353:Thomson, George (1929).
4311:Finglass, P. J. (2018).
4280:Thomson, George (1929).
4257:, 41 no. 1, pp. 116-117.
3783:and the Fast Dochmiacs:
3427:τό τ᾽ ἀργύριον πρόσωπον,
3392:ἦ οὐχ ὁρῆις; ὁ μὲν κέλης
3184:and the time is passing,
2768:| u u – – | u u – |
2691:ποτ’ ἔγωγ’ οὕτε τανῦν πω
2543:| u u – – | u u – |
2529:ἀναφαίνω σε τόδ’, ὦ Βάκ-
2515:Ἴθι, Διθύραμβ’, ἐμὰν ἄρ-
2501:θανάτου Ζεὺς ὁ τεκὼν ἥρ-
1306:, for poems about love.
977:are scanned as follows:
366:η and ω are always long.
62:Latin rhythmic hexameter
4427:Review by Andrew Kelly.
4387:. Cambridge. p. 9.
4357:. Cambridge. p. 7.
4284:. Cambridge. p. 8.
4165:, 2nd ed., p. 680 note.
4003:Oxford University Press
3884:| u u – u u u u u u – |
3541:racehorse; but the mane
3533:| – u u – u u – u – – |
3471:ὀρθρίαι φᾶρος φεροίσαις
2561:| u u – u u | u u – – |
2473:πότνι’ εὐπάρθενε Δίρκα,
1676:οὐδ᾽ ἂν διελθεῖν ἦν ἂν
1156:are merged into one by
350:for musical examples.)
252:
4255:Journal of Linguistics
4229:Journal of Linguistics
4133:Journal of Linguistics
4120:Journal of Linguistics
3759:and the Fourth Paeon:
3579:like the star Sirius."
3378:of the 7th century BC
3143:καὶ Πληΐαδες, μέσαι δέ
3130:attributed to Sappho:
2581:queenly virgin Dirce –
2578:"Daughter of Achelous,
2536:χιε, Θήβαις ὀνομάζειν.
2522:σενα τάνδε βᾶθι νηδύν·
2487:τὸ Διὸς βρέφος ἔλαβες,
2363:The basic unit of the
2167:(263-274), and in the
1585:the undying insult of
937:throughout the poem).
261:
77:Metres of Roman comedy
4564:Prosodies by language
4231:, 41 no. 1, p. 143-4.
4146:"The Bucolic Caesura"
3599:| – u – u | – u – – |
3553:and her silver face –
3527:| – u – – | – u – – |
3524:| – u – u | – u – u |
3464:ταὶ Πεληάδες γὰρ ἇμιν
3434:διαφάδαν τί τοι λέγω;
3288:μηδ᾽ ἀλίτοιμι λόγοις·
3208:| – u u – u u – (–) |
3122:"This is Hagesichora"
3023:favoured by the poet
2762:| u u – – | u u – – |
2759:| u u – – | u u – – |
2745:| u u – – | u u – – |
2742:| – u u – | – u u – |
2739:| – u u – | – u u – |
2736:| – u u – | – u u – |
2733:| – u u – | – u u – |
2661:θάδ’ ὁρῶν οὔτ’ ὀπίσω.
2608:you this in Thebes.'"
2573:| u u – – | u u – – |
2570:| u u – – | u u – – |
2567:| u u – u | – u – – |
2564:| u u – u | – u – – |
2558:| u u – – | u u – – |
2555:| u u – – | u u – – |
2552:| u u – u u | u u – |
2549:| u u – – | u u – – |
2546:| u u – – | u u – – |
2403:| u u – u | – u – – |
2357:Further information:
1926:Further information:
1371:The opening lines of
1160:, the first vowel of
23:Greek and Latin metre
4559:Ancient Greek poetry
4522:Dale, A. M. (1968).
4325:Dale, A. M. (1968).
4268:Aristophanes: Clouds
4082:West, M. L. (1987).
3798:Seven Against Thebes
3559:that is Hagesichora!
3399:Ἐνετικός· ἁ δὲ χαίτα
3311:epitrite + prosodiac
3260:μηδάμ᾽ ὁ πάντα νέμων
3157:ἔγω δὲ μόνα κατεύδω.
3136:Δέδυκε μὲν ἀ σελάννα
3093:and hears you nearby
2913:no anceps syllables
2698:ἔμαθον, πρὸς ὅτου δὴ
2670:τί γὰρ ἢ Λαβδακίδαις
2633:σει σοφὸς οἰωνοθέτας
2494:ὅτε μηρῷ πυρὸς ἐξ ἀ-
2043:Trochaic septenarius
1928:Trochaic septenarius
354:Determining Quantity
348:Ancient Greek accent
82:Trochaic septenarius
4300:Classical Quarterly
4294:West, M.L. (1982).
4001:(Online ed.).
3645:μηκέθ’ ἁλίου σκόπει
3638:ἔλδεαι, φίλον ἦτορ,
3513:| – – u u – u – – |
3510:| u u u – u – u – |
3507:| – – u u – u – – |
3501:| – – u u – u – – |
3495:| u u u u – u – – |
3492:| – – u – u – u – |
3441:Ἁγησιχόρα μὲν αὕτα·
3420:χρυσὸς ὡς ἀκήρατος·
3330:| – u u – u u – | (
3302:| – u u – u u – | (
3187:but I sleep alone."
3173:| u – u u – u – – |
3170:| – – u u – u – – |
3167:| – – u u – u – – |
3164:| u – u u – u – – |
3119:| – – u u – u – – |
2873:x x | – u u – | u –
2771:| u u – | u u – – |
2765:| u u – | u u – – |
2753:| u u – – | u u – |
2748:| u u – – | u u – |
2387:| u u – – | u u – |
2202:starts as follows:
1661:ἢ 'ς Πανὸς ἢ 'πὶ Κω
1573:and Ismenus' water.
960:dactylic hexameters
732:anapaest (anapest)
4404:2018-08-27 at the
4218:, 2nd ed., p. 681.
4174:A.M. Dale (1948),
4097:Homer, Odyssey 1.1
3631:εἰ δ’ ἄεθλα γαρύεν
3609:First Olympian Ode
3547:Hagesichora blooms
3413:Ἁγησιχόρας ἐπανθεῖ
3114:Ἁγησιχόρα μὲν αὕτα
3096:speaking sweetly."
2877:The Pherecratean:
2803:or for the son of
2417:resolution (meter)
1916:Iambic septenarius
1589:towards my mother.
1490:πέριξ ἐγὼ ’κάλυψα
1304:Hellenistic period
527:), syllabified as
332:dactylic hexameter
187:Resolution (meter)
157:Anaclasis (poetry)
112:Asclepiad (poetry)
72:Saturnian (poetry)
42:Dactylic hexameter
4456:, 2nd ed. p. 682.
4440:Greek Lyric Metre
4385:Greek Lyric Meter
4370:Greek Lyric Meter
4355:Greek Lyric Meter
4339:West, M.L (1982)
4282:Greek Lyric Meter
4015:(Subscription or
3678:| – u – u – u – |
3675:| – u – u u – – |
3672:| – u – u – u – |
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3498:| – u – u – u – |
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2881:x x | – u u – | –
2756:| – – | u u – – |
2677:ἢ τῷ Πολύβου νεῖ-
2599:'Go, Dithyrambus,
2419:and syncopation.
1794:Iambic tetrameter
1472:τον ὃς πέδον τόδε
1294:(hence the name "
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167:Metron (poetry)
87:Hendecasyllable
67:Iambic trimeter
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1216:
1213:
1148:
1147:
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1138:
1137:was fulfilled;
1131:
1128:
1122:
1115:
1103:
1102:
1099:
1096:
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1090:
1087:
1084:
1080:
1079:
1072:
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1044:
1037:
1029:
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1021:
1014:
1007:
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993:
986:
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947:
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939:
933:
930:
927:
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903:
899:
898:
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867:
866:
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859:
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851:
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843:
839:
838:
835:
831:
830:
827:
826:
823:
819:
818:
815:
811:
810:
807:
803:
802:
799:
795:
794:
791:
790:
787:
783:
782:
779:
772:
771:Tetrasyllables
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766:
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762:
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757:
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750:
749:
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635:
631:
630:
627:
614:
611:
598:
595:
594:
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554:
536:
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529:ak-si-o-ses-ti
437:
436:
401:
400:
393:
386:
374:
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355:
352:
286:
283:
241:
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139:
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129:
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119:
117:Sapphic stanza
114:
109:
104:
99:
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84:
79:
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54:
49:
44:
39:
34:
26:
25:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
4576:
4565:
4562:
4560:
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4525:
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4459:
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4321:
4318:
4314:
4308:
4305:
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4297:
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4273:
4269:
4263:
4260:
4256:
4250:
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4230:
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4221:
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4211:
4209:
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4112:
4106:
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4094:
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4018:
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3999:
3993:
3986:
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3948:
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3410:
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3396:
3389:
3388:
3387:
3385:
3381:
3377:
3369:
3367:
3360:
3357:
3354:
3351:
3348:
3345:
3344:
3340:
3336:
3333:
3329:
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3319:
3315:
3312:
3308:
3305:
3301:
3300:
3292:
3285:
3278:
3271:
3264:
3257:
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3252:
3247:
3243:
3239:
3231:
3230:
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3223:
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3215:
3214:
3213:
3207:
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3166:
3163:
3162:
3154:
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3140:
3133:
3132:
3131:
3129:
3128:Midnight poem
3121:
3118:
3111:
3110:
3109:
3107:
3103:
3095:
3092:
3089:
3086:
3085:
3082:| – u u – – |
3081:
3078:
3075:
3072:
3071:
3066:σας ὐπακούει.
3063:
3056:
3049:
3042:
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2800:
2796:
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2240:
2233:
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2212:
2205:
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2201:
2197:
2192:
2184:
2182:
2178:
2176:
2172:
2171:
2166:
2165:
2160:
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2143:
2140:
2139:
2135:
2132:
2129:
2126:
2123:
2122:
2114:
2107:
2100:
2093:
2086:
2085:
2084:
2082:
2081:
2076:
2072:
2064:
2062:
2053:
2051:
2046:
2044:
2039:
2037:
2029:
2026:
2023:
2020:
2017:
2016:
2012:
2009:
2006:
2003:
2000:
1999:
1991:
1984:
1977:
1970:
1963:
1962:
1961:
1959:
1958:
1953:
1949:
1945:
1944:
1939:
1935:
1929:
1921:
1919:
1917:
1909:
1906:
1903:
1900:
1897:
1894:
1891:
1890:
1886:
1883:
1880:
1877:
1874:
1871:
1868:
1867:
1861:
1855:
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1834:
1829:
1823:
1816:
1809:
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1793:
1788:
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1719:
1713:
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1695:
1690:
1684:
1680:τῶν τυμπάνων.
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1673:
1668:
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1565:
1562:
1559:
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1521:
1518:
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1509:
1506:
1503:
1500:
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1493:
1487:
1482:
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1471:
1465:
1460:
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1439:
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1425:
1418:
1411:
1406:
1401:
1396:
1391:
1384:
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1374:
1369:
1363:
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1351:
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1301:
1297:
1293:
1283:
1282:
1280:
1279:
1273:
1272:
1270:
1269:
1263:
1259:
1258:
1256:
1252:
1251:
1241:
1240:
1234:
1233:
1232:
1230:
1226:
1222:
1214:
1212:
1210:
1206:
1201:
1197:
1159:
1145:
1142:
1139:
1136:
1132:
1129:
1127:
1123:
1120:
1116:
1113:
1109:
1105:
1104:
1100:
1097:
1094:
1091:
1088:
1085:
1082:
1081:
1077:
1073:
1070:
1066:
1063:
1059:
1056:
1052:
1049:
1045:
1042:
1038:
1035:
1031:
1030:
1022:
1015:
1008:
1001:
994:
987:
980:
979:
978:
976:
971:
965:
964:
963:
961:
957:
953:
945:
940:
938:
931:
924:
921:
920:
917:
916:
912:
909:
908:
904:
901:
900:
896:
893:
892:
888:
885:
884:
880:
877:
876:
872:
869:
868:
865:
864:
860:
857:
856:
852:
849:
848:
844:
841:
840:
836:
833:
832:
829:
828:
825:fourth paeon
824:
821:
820:
816:
813:
812:
809:second paeon
808:
805:
804:
800:
797:
796:
793:
792:
788:
785:
784:
780:
777:
776:
770:
763:
760:
759:
756:antibacchius
755:
752:
751:
747:
744:
743:
739:
736:
735:
731:
728:
727:
723:
720:
719:
715:
712:
711:
707:
704:
703:
699:
696:
695:
689:
683:
680:
677:
676:
673:(or choreus)
672:
664:
661:
658:
657:
649:
646:
643:
642:
639:
636:
633:
632:
628:
625:
624:
621:
619:
612:
610:
608:
604:
597:Metrical feet
596:
579:
574:
572:
562:
555:
552:
550:
539:
538:
534:
532:
530:
525:
513:
501:
499:
495:
491:
486:
456:
444:
442:
430:
420:
419:
418:
416:
415:
410:
406:
398:
394:
391:
387:
384:
380:
379:
378:
371:
368:
365:
364:
363:
361:
353:
351:
349:
343:
341:
335:
333:
329:
324:
322:
318:
314:
313:
308:
304:
300:
296:
292:
284:
282:
279:
273:
269:
268:Ancient Greek
265:
264:
260:
256:
255:
251:
250:Middle French
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:
4542:
4523:
4517:
4503:
4489:
4475:
4461:
4453:
4448:
4439:
4433:
4422:
4417:
4409:
4393:
4384:
4378:
4369:
4363:
4354:
4348:
4340:
4335:
4326:
4320:
4312:
4307:
4299:
4290:
4281:
4275:
4267:
4266:Dover, K.J.
4262:
4254:
4249:
4241:
4236:
4228:
4223:
4215:
4196:
4183:
4175:
4170:
4162:
4157:
4149:
4140:
4132:
4127:
4119:
4114:
4093:
4084:
4078:
4069:
4043:
4038:
4030:
4025:
4006:. Retrieved
3996:
3985:
3969:
3966:
3963:
3960:
3957:
3796:
3790:
3782:
3766:
3758:
3750:
3738:
3722:
3714:
3602:
3582:
3544:of my cousin
3375:
3373:
3364:
3338:
3331:
3324:
3317:
3310:
3303:
3249:
3235:
3227:
3219:
3211:
3195:
3125:
3105:
3099:
3018:
3015:
3006:
2996:
2988:
2986:pherecratean
2975:¯ ˘ ˘ ¯ ˘ ¯
2973:
2965:¯ ˘ ˘ ¯ ˘ ¯
2963:
2962:telesillean
2957:¯ ˘ ˘ ¯ ˘ ¯
2955:
2940:
2932:
2924:
2922:hipponactean
2898:verse-begin
2888:
2884:
2876:
2863:Aeolic meter
2860:
2833:
2830:Aeolic verse
2784:wise prophet
2611:
2439:
2421:
2406:
2390:
2378:
2368:
2362:
2332:
2329:Lyric meters
2199:
2190:
2188:
2179:
2168:
2162:
2156:
2078:
2075:Aristophanes
2068:
2054:
2047:
2040:
2035:
2033:
1955:
1952:Aristophanes
1947:
1941:
1933:
1931:
1913:
1859:
1827:
1803:
1797:
1717:
1706:
1688:
1677:
1666:
1662:
1651:
1642:Porson's Law
1635:
1632:Aristophanes
1629:
1626:
1623:| – – uu – |
1617:Porson's Law
1609:Aristophanes
1606:
1491:
1480:
1469:
1458:
1447:
1443:
1404:
1394:
1376:
1370:
1367:
1364:| uu – u – |
1357:
1355:
1352:| u – u uu |
1349:| – – u uu |
1346:| u uu u – |
1343:| – uu u – |
1334:
1324:
1318:
1289:
1261:
1254:
1218:
1202:
1198:
1149:
1075:
1068:
1061:
1054:
1047:
1040:
1033:
972:
969:
949:
935:
902:– – ᴗ –
845:minor ionic
837:major ionic
834:– – ᴗ ᴗ
817:third paeon
801:first paeon
690:Trisyllables
616:
600:
570:
568:
560:
548:
547:
528:
523:
511:
502:
497:
493:
489:
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395:μ and ν are
388:λ and ρ are
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197:Porson's Law
132:Anacreontics
97:Aeolic verse
57:Archilochian
31:
4341:Greek Metre
3908:| u – u – |
3763:| u u u – |
3755:| – u u u |
3376:Partheneion
3370:Mixed meter
3254:, 542-51):
3242:Bacchylides
3232:| – u – x |
3106:Partheneion
2856:Bacchylides
2397:Anacreontic
2365:Ionic meter
2359:Ionic meter
1539:"I, son of
1375:' play the
1300:Callimachus
1225:Thermopylae
1144:Atreus' son
724:amphibrach
613:Disyllables
553:) 'Cadmus'.
414:The Bacchae
127:Ionic metre
4553:Categories
4150:Hermathena
4070:Aoidoi.org
4019:required.)
4008:2016-10-04
3977:References
3954:Vocabulary
3767:Adding an
3008:¯ ˘ ˘ ¯ ¯
2998:¯ ˘ ˘ ¯ ¯
2995:reizianum
2990:¯ ˘ ˘ ¯ ¯
2895:verse-end
2381:catalectic
2185:Eupolidean
2071:catalectic
2050:catalectic
1806:(1399ff):
1800:catalectic
1637:Lysistrata
1494:ώδει χλόῃ.
1229:pentameter
1209:Theocritus
925:dispondee
881:antispast
853:ditrochee
578:Correption
535:Exceptions
524:áxiós esti
518:ἄξιός ἐστι
4244:, p. 116.
4046:, p. 359.
3992:"prosody"
3793:Aeschylus
3747:| u – – |
3735:| – u – |
3332:prosodiac
3304:prosodiac
3246:Aeschylus
3198:Prosodiac
3037:Sappho 31
2614:Sophocles
2436:Euripides
2413:catalexis
2409:anaclasis
2393:anaclasis
2175:Aeschylus
2065:Anapestic
1943:Agamemnon
1938:Aeschylus
1862:κολάζειν.
1687:νῦν δ᾽ οὐ
1669:τυλλίδος,
1373:Euripides
1221:Simonides
1169:οὐλομένην
1158:synizesis
1153:Πηληϊάδεω
946:Hexameter
873:choriamb
764:molossus
740:bacchius
708:tribrach
409:Euripides
360:diphthong
317:Sophocles
293:, not on
278:prosōidíā
207:Catalexis
152:Lekythion
4402:Archived
4343:, p. 30.
4178:, p. 77.
3801:(78ff):
3795:'s play
3773:dochmiac
3741:Bacchius
3739:and the
2953:glyconic
2867:Glyconic
2799:Labdacus
2786:stirs up
2450:Dionysus
2369:a minore
2159:Socrates
2036:dieresis
1922:Trochaic
1826:ἐγὼ γὰρ
1705:χαῖρ᾽ ὦ
1665:δ᾽ ἢ 'ς
1613:Menander
1551:Dionysus
1479:τίθησι,
1446:να δίου
1163:ὀλομένην
1119:Achaeans
1112:Achilles
941:Dactylic
778:pattern
697:pattern
667:ˈtrəʊkiː
626:pattern
490:ak-si-os
383:plosives
272:προσῳδίᾱ
263:prosōdia
254:prosodie
147:Dochmiac
107:Glyconic
102:Choriamb
92:Choliamb
4189:Piraeus
4033:48:185.
3725:Paeonic
3719:Paeonic
3709:Olympia
3380:Spartan
3202:spondee
3004:adonean
2971:dodrans
2844:Alcaeus
2815:Oedipus
2805:Polybus
2441:Bacchae
2432:Alcaeus
2343:Alcaeus
2196:Eupolis
1762:Bacchic
1634:' play
1545:Thebans
1378:Bacchae
1302:in the
1292:elegies
1205:caesura
1184:, e.g.
1108:goddess
1106:"Sing,
922:– – – –
910:– – – ᴗ
894:– ᴗ – –
886:ᴗ – – –
878:ᴗ – – ᴗ
870:– ᴗ ᴗ –
861:diiamb
858:ᴗ – ᴗ –
850:– ᴗ – ᴗ
842:ᴗ ᴗ – –
822:ᴗ ᴗ ᴗ –
814:ᴗ ᴗ – ᴗ
806:ᴗ – ᴗ ᴗ
798:– ᴗ ᴗ ᴗ
786:ᴗ ᴗ ᴗ ᴗ
748:cretic
716:dactyl
682:spondee
663:trochee
589:τουτουί
455:khthóna
411:' play
390:liquids
285:Prosody
266:, from
257:, from
246:Prosody
4031:Glotta
3972:anceps
3729:Cretic
3605:Pindar
3384:Alcman
3238:Pindar
3102:Alcman
3033:Lesbos
3025:Sappho
2918:˘ ¯ ¯
2852:Pindar
2848:Horace
2840:Sappho
2836:Lesbos
2824:Aeolic
2454:Semele
2428:Sappho
2424:Alcman
2347:Pindar
2339:Sappho
2200:Clouds
2191:Clouds
2164:Clouds
2080:Clouds
1957:Clouds
1948:metron
1804:Clouds
1767:or to
1716:τί συν
1654:λεσεν,
1561:Semele
1555:Cadmus
1358:anceps
1337:metron
1325:anceps
1310:Iambic
956:Hesiod
671:choree
592:– u –.
573:énnepe
569:ándra
563:ἔννεπε
559:ἄνδρα
543:Κάδμος
494:khtho-
472:and ψ
461:χθό-να
397:nasals
248:(from
177:Anceps
4066:(PDF)
4013:
3943:o, o!
3863:ἰὼ ἰὼ
3592:φᾶρος
3586:φάρος
3382:poet
3035:, is
2458:Doric
2446:Dirce
2353:Ionic
2170:Frogs
2058:τρέχω
1934:Poet.
1571:Dirce
1557:bore,
1492:βοτρυ
1448:πυρὸς
1193:τεῦχε
1187:ἔθηκε
1126:Hades
975:Iliad
952:Homer
781:name
761:– – –
753:– – ᴗ
745:– ᴗ –
737:ᴗ – –
729:ᴗ ᴗ –
721:ᴗ – ᴗ
713:– ᴗ ᴗ
705:ᴗ ᴗ ᴗ
700:name
652:ˈaɪæm
629:name
586:u –,
512:áxios
506:ἄξιος
485:áxios
479:ἄξιος
449:χθόνα
443:333.
441:Birds
328:Homer
321:tékna
307:tékna
303:short
259:Latin
3769:iamb
3723:The
3240:and
2949:˘ ¯
2906:× ("
2861:The
2854:and
2842:and
2430:and
2341:and
2335:lyre
1860:τέρα
1764:rite
1718:τετά
1707:Καλο
1689:δεμί
1667:Γενε
1611:and
1587:Hera
1541:Zeus
1481:θυγα
1459:θάνα
1444:φόμε
1405:Σεμέ
1135:Zeus
954:and
648:iamb
607:bars
603:feet
583:ὑιός
474:/ps/
470:/ks/
468:, ξ
466:/zd/
301:and
299:long
3583:If
3220:or
3212:or
3104:'s
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1828:ὅτε
1769:Pan
1678:ὑπὸ
1663:λιά
1652:ἐκά
1470:ἄβα
1395:Διό
678:– –
669:/,
665:/ /
659:– ᴗ
644:ᴗ –
634:ᴗ ᴗ
571:moi
561:μοι
551:mos
549:kád
498:di-
496:or
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