Aristophanic verse

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As aristophanischer verse or Aristophaneus in the ancient are Verslehre two after the comic poet Aristophanes named versification called.

The first form is a short verse that is interpreted as a connection between chorus iamb and Bacchius :

—◡◡ — ◡—

This verse corresponds to an anaclastic form of Archilochius minor .

The second form is a catalectic anapesthetic tetrameter with the metric scheme :

◡◡ — ˌ◡◡ — ˌ◡◡ — ˌ◡◡ — ˌ◡◡ — ˌ◡◡ — ˌ◡◡ — ˌ

It was used as a dialogue verse in the Attic comedy, for example by Aristophanes in Die Wolken , in the Roman comedy by Plautus for example in Miles gloriosus and in German by August von Platen in his verse dramas Die fatalish fork and in The romantic Oedipus :

He be nei finished never the ge fei erte Schaar a rough nant Zei chen the case if

literature

Individual evidence

  1. E. g. V. 962-1008.
  2. E. g. 4th act, 2nd scene.
  3. August von Platen : The romantic Oedipus. Parabase of the 5th act. In: August von Platen: The fatal fork / The romantic Oedipus (= Universal Library . No. 118). Edited by Irmgard Denkler and Horst Denkler . Reprint of the first edition. Reclam, Stuttgart 1979, ISBN 3-15-000118-8 , p. 180, online .