Progressive exercises on the composition of Greek iambic verseWhittaker & Company, 1847 - 123 páginas |
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... whole body of Greek poetry of every age and of every style , will be continually ensnaring him . They will suggest to him those epithets alone which the Tragic stage admits , instead of a promiscuous collection , drawn in great part ...
... whole body of Greek poetry of every age and of every style , will be continually ensnaring him . They will suggest to him those epithets alone which the Tragic stage admits , instead of a promiscuous collection , drawn in great part ...
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... whole , the admissible feet are the following : The sixth , an iambus , or a pyrrhich . The fifth , an iambus , a spondee , or a tribrach . The fourth , an iambus , or a tribrach . The third , an iambus , a spondee , a tribrach , or a ...
... whole , the admissible feet are the following : The sixth , an iambus , or a pyrrhich . The fifth , an iambus , a spondee , or a tribrach . The fourth , an iambus , or a tribrach . The third , an iambus , a spondee , a tribrach , or a ...
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Benjamin Wrigglesworth Beatson. whole of the anapæst must be included in the proper name . ἐπὶ λαὸν Ἰθάκης , κἀ | πὶ Κεφαλ | λήνων στρατὸν , could not stand , because the two latter ... whole of the anapæst must be included in the proper ...
Benjamin Wrigglesworth Beatson. whole of the anapæst must be included in the proper name . ἐπὶ λαὸν Ἰθάκης , κἀ | πὶ Κεφαλ | λήνων στρατὸν , could not stand , because the two latter ... whole of the anapæst must be included in the proper ...
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... whole scope and bent of the dactylic system is at variance with that of the metre of the tragic dialogue . Scarcely a line can be extracted from the Iliad which does not contain some- thing repugnant to the principles of iambic prosody ...
... whole scope and bent of the dactylic system is at variance with that of the metre of the tragic dialogue . Scarcely a line can be extracted from the Iliad which does not contain some- thing repugnant to the principles of iambic prosody ...
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... whole , the admissible feet on ordinary occasions are these : - The first foot is a trochee or a tribrach ; as is also the third , fifth , and seventh . The second foot is a trochee , tribrach , spondee , or anapast ; as also is the ...
... whole , the admissible feet on ordinary occasions are these : - The first foot is a trochee or a tribrach ; as is also the third , fifth , and seventh . The second foot is a trochee , tribrach , spondee , or anapast ; as also is the ...
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