The Meters of Greek and Latin Poetry

, by Halporn, James W.; Ostwald, Martin; Rosenmeyer, Thomas G.

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ISBN: 9780872202436 | 0872202437
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 3/1/1994

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This text presents a clear and simple outline of Greek and Latin meters in order that the verse of the Greeks and Romans may be read as poetry. Although the Greek and Latin components are conceived as essentially independent, the arrangements of each section confirm in such a way as to facilitate the use of the two in conjunction. No comparable volume exists in English.

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Preface
The Meters of Greek Poetry
Sigla	p. 3
Metrics and Prosody	p. 4
The Period	p. 6
Caesura, Diaeresis, Bridge	p. 8
The Hexameter	p. 10
The Elegiac Couplet	p. 12
The Iambic Trimeter	p. 13
The Trochaic Tetrameter	p. 15
Lyric Meters	p. 16
Lyric Dactyls	p. 17
Anapaests	p. 20
Lyric Iambs and Trochees	p. 21
Ionic Meters	p. 23
Complex Lyric Meters	p. 26
Epodes and Asynarteta	p. 26
Aeolic Meters	p. 29
Pindar and Bacchylides	p. 34
Tragedy and Comedy	p. 43
Dochmiacs	p. 50
Post-Classical Developments	p. 51
The Meters of Latin Poetry
Sigla	p. 61
Metrics and Prosody	p. 62
The Period	p. 66
Caesura and Diaeresis	p. 67
Spoken Verse: Dactylic Hexameter	p. 67
Spoken Verse: The Elegiac Couplet	p. 71
Spoken Verse: Iambic Meters	p. 72
Spoken Verse: Trochaic Meters	p. 77
Lyric Poetry	p. 79
Lyric Dactyls	p. 81
Anapaests	p. 82
Lyric Iambs, Trochees, Cretics, and Bacchiacs	p. 84
Ionics and Choriambs	p. 89
Combinations of Lyric Meters	p. 93
Epodes and Asynarteta	p. 94
Aeolic Meters	p. 97
Stichic and non-stichic Lyric Poetry	p. 102
The Odes of Horace	p. 103
The Cantica of Plautus and Seneca	p. 106
Later Developments	p. 114
Glossary of Technical Terms	p. 121
List of Meters	p. 129
Index of Greek Authors Cited	p. 133
Index of Latin Authors Cited	p. 135
Abbreviations	p. 138
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