Accentual Cursus tn Byzantine Greek Prose. 459 
The Political Verses, as noted above, show cases of the dissyllabic 
prepositions bearing an ictus on the first syllable; by reading zér« 
in this case, there appears the pattern of the 4 form, although it is 
violated by the accent on zoovyjy. A similar case is the following: 
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EMEUMOVTO HVC GY ETOS. 329, 7. 
Cases of the following type are puzzling: 
Ety quiv évtadbe Elo. 449, 21—22. 
ag , ‘ r . L i lS 
wolxntos ywow Ett MAE vs EOTL. 187, 19—20. 
In the following reading «trod produces either form 2 or 4, ac- 
cording as zy is stressed or not. 
THY UNtéon THY Eavtod ExtELWEY. 85, 12. 
In several cases a plain 2 form is produced by reading iota as 
a consonant. 1! 
EnimooodEv Lovtc. 241, 18. 
to houmov EvuBiorevery. 207, 19—20. 
This license may not be justly assumed for such an early period 
as that of Procopius, but at a later period it must have been very 
common, as is shown by its frequent occurrence in the Political 
Verses of Demetrius Zenus (16th. century). 
After exhausting all possibilities, there still remain a number of 
irregular cases. 
Form 0. 227 (0, I) 
zat Aakizny évdiovs anaoar. 224, 24. 
ovnw xui viv TéOELOL. 9416, 
Hora. 1.59-(0, I 4; 1) 
Adym ovdevi “Pauciovs Eye 53, 20: 
Toowdre uséy of MoEoxELS Elmor. 220, 26. 
Porm 3. 73'(0; Il. 3,1) 
tovtov Ehcooort JiEloyeatoy chAjsucy. 308, 23-24. 
tnavtes Xoloticvol yEeyevnuévol. CS UG ailist 
Form 5. 14 (5, I) 
Encdynocatue diEvoovvto. 118, 24. 
BaoBuowrtepoy EoxEdaouévor. 501, 22—23. 
The final result reached is this: as the text stands, a uniform 
conformity to the cursus law can not be found in Procopius. There 
are too many cases which seem to admit of no explanation (12.63+°/9), 
while the percentage of perfectly plain regular cases is too small 

1 This license is commonly assumed in reading the Latin accentual 
cursus. 
