Meiuros
A meiuros ( Greek μείουρος “stutzschwänzig”) is a “shortened” dactylic hexameter in the ancient Greek verse , with a breve (short syllable) as the penultimate element instead of a longum (long syllable) . So you have a metric scheme
- - ◡◡ - ◡◡ - ◡◡ - ◡◡ —◡◡◡ ×
instead of the normal hexameter
- - ◡◡ - ◡◡ - ◡◡ - ◡◡ —◡◡— ×
literature
- Gero von Wilpert : Subject dictionary of literature. 8th edition Kröner, Stuttgart 2013, ISBN 978-3-520-84601-3 , p. 509.
Individual evidence
- ^ Wilhelm Pape : Concise dictionary of the Greek language. 3. Edition. Vieweg & Sohn, Braunschweig 1914, vol. 2, p. 116.