AND BYZANTINE GREEK. ' 53 



The accentual Spondee consists of two accented syllables ; as trov el, ttm? el-Tre?, tI 

 Xe'-yet?. It is of rare occurrence. 



In accentual rhythm the number of syllables is fixed. Thus, a trochaic trimeter 

 must have twelve syllables ; an iambic dimeter, eight ; and so forth. If therefore a 

 well-constructed line contains more than the requisite number of syllables, a con- 

 traction in utterance {synaEresis, synizesis) must take place. 



It is to be further observed that all the forms of the article, the prepositions, and 

 the conjunctions, are to be read as proclitics ; that is, as if they had no accent 

 whatever. 



§ 37. 



Accentual Trochaic Verse. 



The fundamental foot of a trochaic verse is the trochee. One of the feet of a 

 dipody, however, may be a pyrrhic or a spondee. Further, if an iambus is used in the 

 first place of a dipody, the trochaic movement of the verse is not seriously impeded. 

 But an arrhythmy ensues if the iambus follows the trochee, or its equivalent, in the 

 same dipody. Trochaic lines in which both the feet of a dipody are pyrrhics are not 

 very common. 



1. The trochaic tripody acatalectic consists of three feet. The trochaic tripody cata- 

 lectic is the same as the acatalectic without the last syllable. They are usually found 

 in connection with other rhythms ; as, 



0e\a>v ecrravpudrj'i, | w XvTpwja. Trj^ deo\oyia<; | rou ap^riyov. 



Tovi reTei'^ia/j.evov'; I tm cru> <navpu). ' Iva aac iriaTol | to X^^P^ Kpavya^o/j,ev. 



"n T(ov virep evvoi- I av Bcopewv. "fl(^9r}'^ ffxoTia/j.o'i | y/xwv KaL ^e^atcocn^. 



KrJTre Kol TrapaSei- | ere XoyiKe. Xrw/jLev 6i^Xa/3w9 | ev oiKoj 0eov >]/j,S>v. 



2. The trochaic dimeter acatalectic consists of four feet. The trochaic dimeter cata- 

 lectic is the same as the acatalectic without the last syllable. 



To jjLev uKaTepyacTTov p-ov Acf>e<; p.oc, dee rwv bXoov. 



Eyvcocrav ol o(pda\fJ,oi aov • Jlvevfia to iravayiov 



Eirt TO ^i^iov Be aov Ta? avyovara^ aKeTraaov. 



Kat, Ta /xrjTTa) Treirpayfieva Kvpie, ^corjv avTcov 



Feypafifieva aoi Tvy^avei,. Am ti]p ^q)1]V 7]p.a)V. 



"ISe Trjv TaTreivaaiv pLOV, BaaiXev veovvp,(j)e, 



' IBe pov Tov KOTTOv 0(70';, 0eo? Bia<f)v\a^ei ae ! 



Kal Ta9 dp.apTia<i iracraf EvTifie evapeTe. 



