Eupolideion

The Eupolideion ( Latin Eupolideus ) is in the ancient Verslehre one after the Greek poet Eupolis named meter of Attic comedy . The verse is composed of the 3rd glyconeus and the catalectic trochaic dimeter and thus has the scheme

- ◡ - ◡ —◡◡— ‖  ◡ ◡ - ◡ - ◡ ◠

Evidence can be found in Diphilus and Menander .

The corresponding connection with the 1st glycone is called the cratine ion .

literature

• Christiaan Marie Jan Sicking: Greek verse teaching. (= Handbook of Classical Studies. Dept. 2, Part 4) Beck, Munich 1993, ISBN 3-406-35252-9 , pp. 129f.
• Gero von Wilpert : Subject dictionary of literature. 8th edition Kröner, Stuttgart 2013, ISBN 978-3-520-84601-3 , p. 243.