54 A GLOSSAKY OF LATER 



§ 38. 



Accentual Dactj/lic Verse. 



The fundamental foot of a dactylic verse is the dactyle. But the trochee, tribrach, 

 spondee, or pyrrhic may be used for the dactyle within certain limits. As a general 

 rule, lines consistmg wholly of dactyles are not common. 



O irpo aicoveov Beo^, AWa tov AlBov KadelXe^ rrjv Svvafiiv, 



Tov virepovcnov TiKrei. AyyeKoi jxeTii nroifievav Bo^oXojovai, 



To) airpocriTai irpocrayei. Mayot Be fiera acrTepo<; oBonropovai. 



; Xalpe ABa/j, j; avaKX.ijcn';. Xaipe, /3ouX^? aTroppryrov /tuo-rt?, 



Ev eiriyvaxrei v/mvovvtw; ere. Xalpe, (rtyi]<; Beofievav Trtcrrf?. 



HXdei; e<pav7j<; to ^w? to airpocnTov. Xaipe ao^cov vKep^aivovcra yvSscriv, 



El Kai ev Tajxp KarrfKde'; aOavare, Xaipe ttkttwv Karavya^ova'a (j}peva<;. 



§ 39. 



Accentual Iambic Verse. 



The fimdamental foot of an iambic verse is the iambus. One of the feet of a dipody 

 however, may be a pyrrhic or a spondee. Further, if a trochee is used in the first 

 place of a dipody, the iambic movement of the verse is not seriously impeded. But 

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

 dipody. Iambic lines in which both the feet of a dipody are pyrrhics arc not un- 

 common. 



1. The iambic tripodif consists of three feet. It is usually found in connection with 

 other short verses. 



'/2 ayyeXe 6eov. A^ioxrop Kap-e. 



'ifi? e\a/3e9 Icrvvv. OIko^ tov Ecppada. 



2. The iambic dimeter acatalectic consists of four feet. The iambic dimeter catalec- 

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



'E^ v\frov<; 6 (jwTTjp 'l]p,5>v. Kai yap^ex t?;? "TrapOevov. 



'AvuToX^ avaToXSiv, ^vXarreiv ti)V '^v')(r]v /mov. 



Kai ol ev crKoret Kat, ctkiR Uapa 0eov, firj Travarj 



Evpop,ev T'i]v aXriOebav, ^KeTrrj twv aav Tnepvyoov. 



3. The iambic tetrameter catalectic is simply the iambic dimeter acatalectic followed 

 by the iambic dimeter catalectic. 



