Anacreonteus

The Anakreonteus ( Latin anacreonteus ) is after the poet Anacreon named eight membered meter in ancient Greek Verslehre with the scheme

◡◡ — ◡ — ◡——

It goes through anaclasis of the fourth and fifth limbs from the ionic dimeter (io ^2mi)

◡◡ —— ˌ◡◡——

emerged. Sicking, however, contradicts this view and assumes an independent development of Anacreon.

Evidence can be found in Anakreon and in lyrical passages of the Attic tragedy.

literature

• Christiaan MJ Sicking: Greek verse teaching (= handbook of ancient studies . Dept. 2, part 4). In collaboration with Marlein van Raalte. Beck, Munich 1993, ISBN 3-406-35252-9 , pp. 124, 158.
• Gero von Wilpert : Subject dictionary of literature. Special edition of the 8th, improved and expanded edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 2013, ISBN 978-3-520-84601-3 , p. 25.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Sicking: Greek verse teaching. Munich 1993, p. 158.
2. ↑ Aeschylus Prometheus Bound 402-406, 410-414.