Epitrite
Epitrit (also Epitritos , Epitritus ; Greek ἐπίτριτος epitritos " containing a whole and a third"; Latin epitritus ) is a verse in ancient verse in which a short syllable stands opposite three long syllables . Possible arrangements in the scheme are according to the position of the short syllable:
- ◡ ——— (epitritus primus)
- —◡—— (epitritus secundus)
- ——◡— (epitritus tertius)
- ——— ◡ (epitritus quartus)
The 4 variants are already included in the list with Dionysius Thrax's feet . The Alexandrian grammarian Hephaistion gives additional names for the variants in his list of verse feet, namely Karikos ( epitrite 2), Podios ( epitrite 3) and Monogenes (epitrite 4).
Verses in which dactylic and epitritic feet alternate are referred to as dactyloepitrite using a term introduced by August Rossbach and Rudolf Westphal .
literature
- Wilfried Neumaier: Ancient rhythm theories. Historical form and current substance. Grüner, Amsterdam 1989, ISBN 90-6032-064-6 , pp. 56f.
- Wilhelm Pape : Concise dictionary of the Greek language. 3. Edition. Vieweg & Sohn, Braunschweig 1914, vol. 1, p. 996.
- Günther Schweikle, Dieter Burdorf (ed.): Metzler Lexicon Literature. Terms and definitions. Metzler, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-476-01612-6 , pp. 138f., 199.
Individual evidence
- ↑ August Rossbach, Rudolf Westphal: Greek metrics according to the individual stanzas and metric styles. Teubner, Leipzig 1856.