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The following troparion consists of four accentual iambic tetrameters catalectic.''" 

 It is found in the Tpiu,Siov (the book containing the troparia appropriate to Lent), the 

 greater part of which was composed in the eighth century. 



TjJ? fMeravoia<; avoi^ou fioi ■jrvXa<;, ^cooBdra • 

 ' Op6pt,^ei yap to ■7rvev/j,d fiov tTjOo? vaov tov ayiov aov, 



Naov (jiepaiv tov <T(oii,aro<; o\ov IcrinXwiJLivov. 

 AXK «? oiKTip/icov KciQapov evaTrXdyx^ui aov eXeei. 



In the second line vaov is to be read as a monosyllable ; that is, AO must be pro- 

 nounced as a diphthong. 



The eleven e^airoaTetXdpia of the Ritual are each composed of six accentual 

 iambic tetrameters catalectic. They are ascribed to the emperor Constantine Porphyro- 

 genitus.'^'^ We give here the first three. 



Tol<; fiaOrjraK crvveKdeofiev ev opei, PaXtXata? 

 Hiarei, Xpicrrov dedcraaOai Xejovra e^ovaiav 

 Aa^elv Twv dvco Koi xdrco, fiaOiofiev ttw? SiBacrKei 

 BaTTTL^eiv et? to ovojxa tov irarpo'; eOvrj iraVTa 

 Kac TOV viov Koi dyiov •KvevfiaTO'i Kai avveivai 

 To'i<; fivcTTai^, w? inriaj(eTO, ew? T'^? avvTe'Kei.a'i, 



Tov \t,6ov deo}p7](Taaat, airoKeKvXia'fievov 

 , At, avpo<f>opoi e'^aipov, elSov yap veavbcrKov 



Kadrjfievov ev tui Ta<pq), km avTO^ TavTat,<; €<f>r] • 

 IBov Kpi<7T0<; eyrjyepTai, eoiraTe aw Ta> UeTpai 

 Sot? fia6T]Tal<;, ev Ta> opei <f>6aa-aTe Ta\i\aia<; • 

 Exei v/uv o<f)67]a'eTai, w? Trpoeiire rot? (^iXok. 



'" The Byzantines apply the name o-Tixor voXitikos, popular verse, to the accentual iambic tetrameter 

 catalectic. The modern Greeks use it with reference to all kinds of accentual verse. 



Eustathius seems to have been totally ignorant of the fact that the rhythm of the accentual iambic tetrame- 

 ter catalectic is regulated by the word-accent ; and most strangely he identifies it with the ancient trochaic 

 tetrameter catalectic. Eust. 11, 35 01 Stj/iotikoI (ttIxoi oJ to iraXaiov jih rpoxdiKm iTo8iC6fievoi, Ka6a Kal AiVxvXof 

 cV n/po-air SrfKol, apTt Si tt o X j t ( K o i oi'o/iafoyiei'oi. M(Tpov fiiv yap airois irevTeKaidcKa a-vWafiai, ol Se ttoXXoi Kai 

 tls iTTTaKaideKa rj Koi TrXfioyar airovs Trore irapeKTeivovui cvWajSas, aiTtves, al TrXfiowt drfXaSf) rav irfvrcKaidfKa, (I fiev 

 /xcra (rvjifpavav XaKovvrat, ■yeXcofTat as appvBpoi Kai (TKimrovrai i>s TToKimoSes • el Si povots (K(j)a)VovvTai KaBapois d)a- 

 yijeo-J, \av6avov to ttoKvttovv exova-i T7 raxelg. (rvveK<j>a>vri(T€i tuv <^a>vr)ivTa>v , koI o-wferat o Tpoxalnos pvBpos. For the 



verses of iEschylus alluded to, see above, § 35. 



*^ ParAKLET. (Notice prefixed to the t'^airoorciXapia koX iadtva) EiVi di Ta piti la>6iva. Aeovros tou (TO(p<i>TaToii 

 /SacrtXecoy, Ta di c^ajrocTftXapia toC vioC aiiTov KaivaTavrivov /Sao-iXe'ws. 

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