System

In ancient verse theory, a system is originally a unit or structural level consisting of several verses or kola . The parts are connected by synaphy , so there is a continuous rhythm. If there is no breakdown in kola, one also speaks of hypermeter . By responding to systems of the same kind, a division into stanzas is created .

Today the term specifically designates such a sequence of verses or kola in Astropha . Systems of this kind can be found in Greek tragedy (there only Anapaestic systems) and in comedy , where Iambic and Trochaic systems are found alongside the Anapaestic systems.

literature

• AT Cole: System. In: Roland Greene, Stephen Cushman et al. (Ed.): The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics. 4th edition. Princeton University Press, Princeton 2012, ISBN 978-0-691-13334-8 , p. 1407 ( limited previewhttp: //vorlage_digitalisat.test/1%3D~GB%3DuKiC6IeFR2UC~IA%3D~MDZ%3D%0A~SZ%3DPA1407~ double-sided%3D~LT%3Deingeschr%C3%A4nkte%20Vorschau~PUR%3D in Google Book Search).
• Christiaan Marie Jan Sicking: Greek verse teaching. (= Handbook of Classical Studies. Dept. 2, Part 4) Beck, Munich 1993, ISBN 3-406-35252-9 , pp. 208-210.
• Gero von Wilpert : Subject dictionary of literature. 8th edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 2013, ISBN 978-3-520-84601-3 , p. 806.