432 H. B. Dewing, 
unimportant. They may with reason be assigned to either one of 
these classes. A different situation appears in the following: 
Xovot még ths Evufovirye. 
xatedimge tous modeuiovs. 
Here nothing will save the cursus except counting the accent of 
the article as the leading ictus of the rhythmical unit. It seems un- 
reasonable not to admit that the article in these cases is intended 
to have a full spoken accent. On the other hand, it is not safe to 
go to the other extreme and conclude that the article may be read 
with or without an ictus according as the law requires. That license 
has one limitation at least, namely the distance of the article from 
other stressed syllables. For example, it is hard to believe that in 
nasa tov pvaov (above), tov should have a stress at all approaching 
that of zeowy in intensity; it is much easier to believe that in azé- 
otetke t© Aapid (above), the 7 might have an independent stress 
approximately as strong as that of 4asid; then in the last case 
quoted, x«zedimge tovs modeuiovs, the tendency to stress rove is almost 
irresistible. This is plainly a case where certainty is out of our 
reach; we are forced to make our judgment depend on subjective 
feeling, supported by the evidence of the cursus itself. A working 
principle until a better one can be formulated is this: the article 
when immediately preceded or followed by a strong word accent 
is not expected to stand in thesi; when separated by one syllable 
from a strong word accent on either side, it may stand in thesi; 
when separated by two syllables from a strong word accent on 
either side, it is expected to stand in thesi. 
The same principle applies to other monosyllables. Examples are : 
rédunxe Je zai ovtos. 
moAhovs uéy aveiaev. 
texunotoy Je. 
oydorjzovta dé peBuatderxer. 
n J€ woe ov didworr. 
The same doctrine seems to govern the use of the prepositions ; 
here the dissyllabic forms are treated exactly like the monosyllables. 
To begin with the monosyllables: 
naepadoauay eis aokpecay. 
éime moos “Ayacp. 
mowitEey eg ueonupolc’. 
thy &hwva &x tov ‘Oova. 
aneioy ny 006 Tov #éov. 
anyee moog Keotcor. 
