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A History of European Versification

M. L. Gasparov, G. S. Smith, Leofranc Holford-Strevens, G. S. Smith, and M. Tarlinskaja

Print publication date: 1996

Print ISBN-13: 9780198158790

Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: October 2011

DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198158790.001.0001

Greek and Latin Quantitative Metre

Chapter:
(p. 65 ) 5 Greek and Latin Quantitative Metre
Source:
A History of European Versification
Author(s):

M. L. Gasparov

Publisher:
Oxford University Press
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198158790.003.0005

This chapter discusses the quantitative metre which was formed in the Greek language between 1000 and 750 bc. The chapter aims to measure short syllables. It also describes in detail the quantitative versification of classical antiquity, having three primary and two secondary measures. The primary measures were dactylic hexameter, trochaic tetrameter, and iambic trimeter. The secondary or auxiliary measures were dactylic pentameter and iambic dimeter.

Keywords:   dactylic hexameter, trochaic tetrameter, iambic trimeter, dactylic pentameter, iambic dimeter

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