Hypodochmius

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The Hypodochmius is in the ancient Verslehre a five-membered metrical form with the scheme

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It emerges from the Dochmius (◡ —— ◡—) by interchanging ( anaclasis ) the 1st and 2nd elements and is often used together with it.

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. 188–190.
  • Gero von Wilpert : Subject dictionary of literature. 8th edition Kröner, Stuttgart 2013, ISBN 978-3-520-84601-3 , p. 361.