AND BYZANTINE GREEK. 55 



AcTTTopov yap crvWrj^jrea^ | t7]u Kvrjaiv ttcS? Xeyet<; ; 

 Madav Se crov ir\v Kvr^criv | kic Trrev/i.aTO? aylov. 

 jdioirep e^eTrXayr] crov jrjv apprjTov ao<f)i,av, 

 Kat a'y^i(Ta<; to 'x^eipoypacpov I aKovec "rrapa. vavTcov. 

 MeXercj aot, ypafi/j.aTCKr]<; | kciI t?;? opdoypa(j}ia<;. 



§ 40. 

 Accentual Anapaestic Verse. 



The fuuclamental foot of an anapaestic verse is the anaptest. But the tribrach, 

 creticus, spondee, or pyrrhic may be used for the anapaest within certain limits. As a 

 general rule, lines consisting wholly of anapaests are not common. 



rvvM^l p,vpo(f3opoi,<i (jiOey^a/jievo? 'xalpiTe, Kal j; yXcoaaa Bei,vco<; Tore (fsXeyerai • 



Kal To« a-ol'; airoaroXoi'; elprivqv Scopovp,evo<;. Tl rapaTTrj aKaipco'i, w avdpcoire ; 



H veoT7]<; km KaXXo'i rov <T(ofiaTo<;, Moa wpa koI iravTa TrapepyeTai, • 



Tat Kaipcp Tou Qavarov jMapacveraL, Ov yap eari, eh aBr}v jieTavoia. 



THE TROPARIA OF THE GREEK RITUAL. 



§ 41. 



The distinctive portions of the Greek Ritual are its rpoTrapia, hymns, commonly 

 short hymns. They are either in prose or in verse. A prose troparion is simply a 

 chant ; as, 



O ^adei ao(f)i,a<; <f>iXav0poo7rco'i Travra oiKovofxwv, Kat, ro (7Vfi<jiepov Traaiv aTTove/jLwv, fiove 

 Brj/iiovpye, avairavaov, Kvpie, ra? ■^v)(a'i Twv SovXaiv crov • ev aot, yap ttjv eXiriBa dvedevro tm 

 TTOirfTr) Kat nXao'Tri Kat, 6ea> rjfiwv, 



Uoia Tov ^lov Tpv<fi7] Sia/u,evei, Xvttij'; afieTO'^o^ ; iroia Bo^a eartjKev eirt y?;? a/Ltera^eTO? ; 

 HavTa (TKia,<i acrOevearepa, iravTa oveipwv aTraTrjXoTepa. Mia poTry, Kal ravTa iravra 6avaTo<i 

 Bi,aBe')(€Tai,. AXX ev Tto ^coti, Xpiare, tov irpoa-wirov <rov, kui, tm yXvKaap,m t^? o-^? mpaioTrjTo^, 

 ov e^eXe^co, avavavcrov to? <j)i,Xav6pa)Tro<;. 



©pr]va> Kat, oBvpofiat,, oTav evvorjaco tov davaTov Kai, iSco ev T0t9 Ta(f)Oi,<; Kei,fj,evr]v Trjv kut eKova 

 6eov TrXaaOelaav I'jfuv (opaioTrjTa, afioptfyov, aBo^ov, ixrj e')(pvaav elBo';. "fl rov dav/j,aTO<; ! Ti 

 to Trepl rjfia'; tovto yeyove fivffTijpiov ; UcS? 7rapeBo6r]p,ev Trj cj}6opS, Kat, ffwe^ev'^Orj/jLev tw OavaTto ; 

 'Oz/TW? 6eov irpoaTa^ei, cos yeypaiTTat, tov irapeypvTO'i tm /ieTaaravTi Ttjv avaTravaiv. 



A metrical troparion consists of a number of lines the rhythm of which is ac- 

 centual ; as, 



