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Introduction to Greek Metre

by M. L. West. 92 pgs.

Contributors:

   M. L. West

Publisher:

   Oxford University

Place of Publication:

  New York  

Publication Year:

  1987

Subjects:

Greek Language--Metrics And Rhythmics

	CONTENTS
	METRICAL SYMBOLS	ix
	ABBREVIATIONS FOR TEXT COLLECTIONS	xi
I.	THE NATURE OF GREEK METRE
	A. ORIGINS	1
	B. SOME BASIC TERMINOLOGY	3
	C. FEATURES OF GREEK RHYTHM	5
	D. FURTHER POINTS	8
II.	PROSODY
	A. LONG AND SHORT PHONEMES	10
	B. LONG AND SHORT SYLLABLES	12
	C. THE MEETING OF VOWELS	13
	Elision, .	13
	Correption, .	14
	Synecphonesis, .	14
	Consonantalization of ι and v, .	15
	Hiatus, .	15
	D. THE TREATMENT OF CONSONANTS	16
	Mute and liquid, .	16
	Epic fossils, .	17
	Initial continuants, .	17
	Final continuants, .	18
	σκ, ζ; μν; σλ, .	18
III.	THE STANDARD STICHIC METRES
	A. THE DACTYLIC HEXAMETER	19
	B. THE ELEGIAC COUPLET	23
C.	THE IAMBIC TRIMETER	24
D.	THE TROCHAIC TETRAMETER (CATALECTIC)	28
	E. THE IAMBIC TETRAMETER CATALECTIC	29
	F. THE ANAPAESTIC TETRAMETER CATALECTIC	29
	G. CHOLIAMBICS	30
IV.	THE LYRIC POETS
	A. IONIAN EPODIC VERSE	31
	B. LESBIAN LYRIC	32
C.	DORIAN LYRIC (TO IBYCUS)	35
	Alcman, .	36
	Stesichorus, .	37
	Ibycus, .	38
	Syncopated clausulae, .	39
	Cretics, .	39
	Spondaics, .	39
D.	ANACREON	40
	E. SIMONIDES, BACCHYLIDES, PINDAR	42
	Dactylo-epitrite, .	43
	Aeolic, .	44
	Iambic, .	46
V.	THE LYRIC METRES OF DRAMA	48
	Marching anapaests, .	48
	Iambic and trochaic runs, .	49
	Comic dicola, .	49
	A. SONG: PRELIMINARY REMARKS	50
	B. IAMBIC AND TROCHAIC	52
	C. CRETIC-PAEONIC	55
	D. DOCHMIAC	56
	E. AEOLIC	58
	F. LYRIC ANAPAESTS	60
	G. IONIC	61
	H. DACTYLIC	63
	I. DACTYLO--EPITRITE	65
	J. POLYMETRY	66
VI.	THE LATER CENTURIES	68
	A. LYRIC METRES	70
	Dactylo-epitrite, .	70
	Iambic and trochaic, .	70
	Cretic-paeonic, .	71
	Aeolic, .	72
	Ionic, .	73
	Anapaestic, .	75
	B. BOOK LYRIC	76
	C. TRADITIONAL STICHIC METRES	77
	The hexameter, .	77
	The elegiac couplet, .	80
	The iambic trimeter and trochaic tetrameter, .	81
	The choliambic, .	82
	D. CONCLUSION	83
	GLOSSARY-INDEX	85

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