VERSIFICATION. 



Elegiac. 



Av5«acTi», a^^' aisi tuv ayaSw* tx^°' — Theogn. 



V. Choriamlic Metre. 



1 . A choriambic verfe requires in every place but the laft 

 a choriambus, and in the laft, an iambic fyzygy, entire or 

 cataleftic. 



2. Sometimes the iambic fyzygy occurs in the firft place, 

 and in long verfes in other places ; but this happens lefs 

 frequently. 



3. Either two iambic feet, or a fpondee and iambns, or 

 the third epitrite, form the iambic fyzygy : it is ufed here 

 for the former cafe. 



4. Any other foot of four fyllables joined with a chori- 

 ambic conllitute tlie epichoriarabic verfe. 



Dimeter cataleftic. 



Oux £To?, Ill yi/vaiKs;, 

 TTa(7i x«xo*^*v >]/x»; 

 <I>Awo"iv exo^tIot' avJ^fj. 



hci.jj,Qa,iofz(7y Vic' aairm, — Ariftoph. 

 Sapphic fyftem ; confifting of epichoriambic and Adonic 

 verfes. 



TTai Aioj do^o7^^oxE, ^i(7tf•0JLta* or, 

 M>) /x' XTXiat, fjtytd' aviv.i!Ti 0Xjj.v% 



— TLX^i ^oi XXI vvv, -y^xX^Tx-j dE Xuj-ov 

 Ex u^Piuvxv oycjx 61 y.ot 7iXi^Tat 

 &vij.t>f ijuFij!! riXiCot, au ^' xurx 



Bu^^xy(p: itjffo. 



VI. Antifpafik Metre. 



An aucifpaftic verfe admits in the laft place, an iambic 

 fyzygy complete, or cataleftic, or an incomplete antifpaftus ; 

 and in the firft place, befides the proper foot, is admitted any 

 foot of four fyllables ending like an antifpaftus in the tvro 



laft fyllables ; ;. e. either ^ - - - -^ - - - >-^ - >- - -_ g^^ 



in the intermediate places only an antifpaftic. 



The following are the moft ufual varieties in this fpecies 

 of verfe. 



1. In (hort verfes, the proper foot frequently vanifties, 

 and the verfe is compofed of one of the above-mentioned 

 feet, and an iambic fyzygy. 



2. Every epitrite, except the fecond, is occafionally fub- 

 ftituted in the. different places of the verfe, efpeciaUy the 

 fourth epitrite in the fecond place. 



3. If an antifpaftic begins the verfe and three fyllables of 

 any kind remain, the verfe is antifpaftic ; becaufe the remain- 

 ing lyllables may be confidered as a portion of fome of the 

 admiflible or refolved feet. 



4. Long verfes fometimes contain an iambic fyzygy in the 

 fecond place, and then the third place admits the fame varie- 

 ties as Xhejirji. 



Dimeter acataleftic and hyperacataleftic. 



JI*j ^va* Ton a:rxvTa w- 

 -HCfc Xoyov" Te ^ tTTfi ^ayn, 

 Bnvasi xii6iv cfl;» Tff u'xii, 



rloXi; dEl/T!^OV, Wf Tx^i^rx. 



0.1; £ut' av TO >£oy n-a^*], 

 Kou^a; xtf^oavtai ^s^oi'. 



0<r1is Tou vXiovxi ini^Oui 

 Xftj^E* Tcu ^xn^iov irx^uc^ 

 ZwEiv, crxaiooTJwa? <P'jXx(T!TWi 

 En jpoi XBTaJriXo; tclat. — Soph. 



VII. Ionic Metre a Majore. 



An Ionic verfe a majore admits a trochaic fyzygy pro 

 mifciioufly with its proper foot. 



Var. I. The fecond paeon is fometimes found in the firil 

 place. 



2. A moloffus in an even intermediate place, foUov/ed 

 by a trocliaic fyzygy. 



3. The fecond paeon is fometimes joined to a fecond o 

 third epitrite, fo that the two feet together are equal v.. 

 time to two Ionic feet. This is called an Asx^Xxai;, the dc- 

 feft in time of the preceding foot being fupplied by th - 

 redundant time of the fubfequent. And the verfe fo dil 

 pofed is called A»a<\»if/Ey5;. 



4. Refolutions of the long fyllables are allowed in all 

 poiTible varieties. 



If the three remaining paeons, or the fecond pxon in any 

 place but the firft, without an xvzuXx^ri; ; or if an iambic 

 fyzygy, or a third epitrite, a choriambus, or any ol the dif- 

 cordant feet of four lyllables, be found in the fame verfe with 

 an Ionic foot, the verfe is then called Epionic. 

 Trimeters bjachycataleftic. 



TlXv^y,' fMiv E^aiyET' a erfXava, 



Aid ui "TTi^i ^iiiixov £5-7at9«3-av. — Sapph- 



Tetrameters brachycataledlic. 



"ZvK^StTW XO(r/iO; TE^inXEV (TO^CV Fivaf, 



Ka» xax(v( aveiXEv tov Swx^aT»3v xocr^o?, 



Ev T^} ^i;Xa«»i, xwvioy oti ^twv T£0v«xf. — Sotad. 



VIII. Ionic Metre a M'more. 



1. An Ionic verfe a minore is often compofed entirely of 

 its proper feet. It begins fometimes with the third paeon, 

 followed by one of the epitrites, for an i;vaxXa<n;. And it 

 admits an iambic fyzygy promifcuoufly. 



2. In the odd places, a moloifus preceded by an iambic 

 fyzygy fometimes occurs : and in the firft a moloflus alone. 



3. In the intermediate places, a fecond or third paeon 

 is prefixed to a fecond epitrite, and this conftruftion is alfo 

 called avax\a<ri{. 



4. The long fyllables admit of refolutions, as in the other 

 Ionic metre. 



5. An epionic verfe a minore is formed by intermixing 

 with the Ionic foot a double trochee, fecond epitrite, or 

 pajon without an ayaxXxo-i;. 



6. When a choriambus precedes or follows an Ionic foot 

 of either kind, the verfe is called profodiacus : which name 

 is applied to a verfe confifting of an alternate mixture of cho- 

 riambic and Ionic feet, or of their refpeftive reprefentatives. 



7. The two fpecies of lonrc feet are not to be intermixed 

 in the fame verfe. 



Dimeters. 



AoXljLlCs d OUT*; vxtnAxi 



yityaXm ^EUjuari ^wtoiv, 



E;^i/^oib E^'-u<7i» it^yuv 



AfJLX^ov x'j^x BxXucr^n^* 



AxfOffOKTTas ya^ Tls^trun 



XrfXTOc, xXxit^nin T£ Xaof.— AvaxXayi. 



AoXofiHTiv i' atrxzxv Oioi 



Tif amj 6>aTo; xXv^ii ; 



Tt$ x^aiTTva- vodi ffi*d»i- 



-/.iBTc; EUTTETMs «yaIo'(rii)v.— .iEfchylus. 



IX. Pdonie 



