AND BYZANTINE GREEK. 67 



At Tjfiai; efierpiaaa<; ev Kava t^? TaXiXalat; Ibid. 380. 



T7]V evvo/Mov crvva<p€iav w? 6eo<; eTricr<f>paji^a)v. 



Ek nrjTpiKrj^ yap Trao-raSo? co? av6panT0<; •irpoeKKt.Orj';, 



Kal a><; rjiiXoyrjaa'; tov<s eKei vvfi(f}evofi€VOV<;, ^defective) 



OvT(j)<; Kab vvv evXoyrjaov BvaBa ffTe<f)avovfievr]p, 



KaTaKoa- fiS)v evreKvia km eipijvaia ^tcoa-ec, 



Michael Psellus, the younger, who flourished in the eleventh century, wrote several 

 poems in accentual iambic tetrameters. AVe subjoin the following specimen. 



MeXero) cot ypap,ftaTiKr]i; Kai, t^? opdoypacpla^, PsELL. 1 seq. 



UpoJTO? avTrj OefieXiO'; Kai ^ac7i,<; fia67]/iarQ}v. 

 OvK etTTi Be [iovorpoTTO<i, ovBe koivt] km fiia, 

 Aw ej(ei, yXojcrcros km Java's km irevre Bia\.eKTov<;, 

 5 AloXiKrjv, 'IwviKTJv, 'ATBiSa, Koi AcopiSa, 



Kai Tfjv avvrjOri Kai koivtjv km KaTTjfia^evfievrjv. 

 'EKaa-Tt] Se Bi,a\eKro<; e^et tpavw; tSta?, 

 'H Be KOLvrj Kav irei^vKe adpoiafia tcov reacrapav • 

 Aw eaTi Kai /u,ovoTpoTro<;, aWr] irapa ra? aWa?. 



The following tetrastich in accentual iambic dimeters, relating to Alexius Comnenus, 

 has been preserved by Anna Comnena.''^ 



To crd^/SaTOV tjj? Tvpivrj'; Kat, ttjv Bevrepav to irpcob 



Xape2<;, AXe^ie, evor]ae<; to • Ehra, Ka\S}<;, yepaKiv fiov. 



GRAmiATICAL REMARKS. 

 ORTHOGRAPHY AND ORTHOEPY. 



§ 46. 

 As the literature of ancient Greece was not derived from that of any other country, 



^^' COMN. I, 98 'Ev6ev Tot Kai to tt'K^Bos diroSe^dfifvov r^y opfjirjs toi/ 'AXf^tov Kal Ttjs dyxivolas, c^ airdv tS>v 

 rrpaynaTiov aa-fiaTiov aira aveirXe'^avro i^ ISiayriSos fieV cruyKdjievov yXtflrn;?, aCnji/ 8e rffv tov Trpdyfiaros iirivoiav cuuc- 

 'hi(rraTa dvaKpovd/ievov Kal TrapefKpalpov r-qv re irpoaia-drjcriv rrjs kot (Kelvov im^ovXrjs, Kal ra irap avTov pLefirj^avrjufva. 

 To 8e a(7pATi.ov avTois Xi^faw eixf ovras • To (ra^^arov ttjs Tvpivtjs X^P"^) 'AXc^te, ivdtja-fs to ■ Kal ttjv bevrtpav to 

 TTpati fiTra, KaXws, yfpaKiv pov. Ei_)(e fie SSe Treat iwoias to 8ta(jiT]pi^6pevov exfivo da-pdrtov, us Spa, Kara ptev to Tvpa- 

 wpov o-dpPaTov {mipevyi aoi rijr dy)(ivoia9, 'AXe'^ic .' t^v 8e peTO. tt/v KvpiaKr/v Sevrepau ijpepav KaBdirtp m vilnTTiTrji 

 Upa^ dcpiTnaao tUv eVi/SoiiXfvovrwv ^apPdpav. 



