An introduction to the principal Greek tragic and comic metres in scansion, structure, and ictus

admission admits allowed Anapest appears Aristophanes Author begin betwixt called CHIG close combination Comedy Comic common considered consists consonants contains correct Cretic Dactyl dimeter dipodia division Edition Elmsley ending English examples exhibit feet following lines foot four frequently German give given Grammar Greek HISTORY Iambic Iambic verse Iambus ictuation ictus initial instances kind language Latin least less marked metre MICHIG movement names nature necessary never object occur Orest pairs perhaps Phoen Plut Plutus Porson practical preceding present principal Prom pronounced proper quoted rare remark RSITY scansion scholars Schools sense separately short short vowel similar SITY sometimes Spondee structure student syllable syntax take place termination Tetrameter tion Tragedy Tragic Trimeter Trochaic UNIV UNIVE UNIVE UNIVERSITY utterance verse Vide word γὰρ καὶ μὲν μοι οὐ τε τὸ τὸν ὡς