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Gregory Nagy, Comparative Studies in Greek and Indic Meter
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Checklist of Greek (G) and Indic (I) Metrical Terminology
Symbols
Abbreviations of Editions
Introduction
Part I. κλέοc ἄφθιτον and Greek Meter
1. The Common Heritage of Greek and Indic Meter: A Survey 2. Internal Expansion 3. On the Origins of Dactylic Hexameter 4. The Metrical Context of κλέοc ἄφθιτον in Epic and Lyric 5. The Wedding of Hektor and Andromache: Epic Contacts in Sappho 44LP 6. Formula and Meter: A Summary Part II. śráva(s) ákṣitam and Indic Meter
7. The Metrical Context of Rig-Vedic śráva(s) ákṣitam and ákṣiti śrávas 8. An Inquiry into the Origins of Indic Trimeter 9. The Distribution of Rig-Vedic śrávas: An Intensive Correlation of Phraseology with Meter Epilogue: The Hidden Meaning of κλέοc ἄφθιτον and śráva(s) ákṣitam Appendix A. μήδεα and ἄφθιτα μήδεα εἰδώc Appendix B. Dovetailing: Speculations on Mechanics and Origins Selected Bibliography
Checklist of Greek (G) and Indic (I) Metrical Terminology
GI acephaly: truncation of the verse-initial syllable
G Adonic: – ⏑ ⏑ – ⏓
G Aeolic base: the ⏓ ⏓ in Glyconic and Pherecratic verses (q.v.)
G Aeolic meters: Glyconics, Pherecratics (q.v.), and their derivatives
G antistrophe: a second stanza metrically matching a first stanza (= strophe)
I Anuṣṭubh: Vedic stanza with 4 octosyllables
G Asclepiad: ⏓ ⏓ – ⏑ ⏑ – – ⏑ ⏑ – ⏑ ⏓, derivative of the Glyconic
G Asynartetic: relating to verses where word-breaks mark the beginnings and ends of metrical units
I Bhārgavā verses: Vedic hendecasyllables with closing ⏑ – ⏑ ⏓
I Bṛhatī: Vedic stanza with 4 verses, consisting of 8 8 12 8 syllables
G bucolic diaeresis: word-break between the 4th and 5th feet of dactylic hexameter (see also ‘diaeresis’)
GI caesura: word-break in a verse
GI catalexis: deletion of the ⏓ that is the last syllable of the verse; the next-to-last syllable then becomes the new ⏓
G choriamb: – ⏑ ⏑ –
G choriambic dimeter: ⏓ ⏓ ⏓ ⏓ – ⏑ ⏑ ⏓
G dactyl: the foot – ⏑ ⏑
G dactylic hexameter: – ⏔ – ⏔ – ⏔ – ⏔ – ⏔ – ⏓
G Dactylo-Epitrite versification: combinations of dactylic and iambic sequences
GI decasyllable: a verse consisting of 10 syllables
G diaeresis: word-break between feet, not within feet
GI dimeter: octosyllable or heptasyllable (by catalexis)
GI distich: a metrical unit consisting of two verses
GI dodecasyllable: a verse consisting of 12 syllables
G dovetailing: a process whereby the expected word-break is run over by one syllable
I Dvipadā Virāj: Vedic stanza with two distichs consisting of 5 5 syllables:
⏓ – ⏑ – ⏓ || ⏓ – ⏑ – ⏓
⏓ – ⏑ – ⏓ || ⏓ – ⏑ – ⏓
⏓ – ⏑ – ⏓ || ⏓ – ⏑ – ⏓
G elegiac pentameter: – ⏔ – ⏔ – || – ⏑ ⏑ – ⏑ ⏑ ⏓
GI enjambment: a process whereby a fixed word-group is carried over from one verse to the next
G Enkomiologikon: – ⏑ ⏑ –⏑ ⏑ – || – –⏑ – ⏓
G Enoplion: ⏓ – ⏑ ⏑ – ⏑ ⏑ – ⏓
G epode: the third stanza in certain hymnic structures, formally distinct from the strophe and antistrophe (q.v.); hymns with strophe/antistrophe/epode are called ‘triadic’
G foot: a metrical unit such as the dactyl (– ⏑ ⏑) or spondee (– –)
I Gāyatrī: Vedic stanza with 3 octosyllables
G Glyconic: ⏓ ⏓ – ⏑ ⏑ – ⏑ ⏓
G Hemiepes (´):– ⏑ ⏑ – ⏑ ⏑ – (⏓)
GI hendecasyllable: a verse consisting of 11 syllables
G hephthemimeral caesura: word-break after the long of the 4th foot in dactylic hexameter
GI heptasyllable: a verse consisting of 7 syllables
G Hermann’s bridge: constraint against word-break after – ⏑ in the 4th foot of dactylic hexameter
G hexameter: a verse consisting of 6 feet
G Hipponacteum: ⏓ ⏓ – ⏑ ⏑ – ⏑ – ⏓
GI hypersyllabism: extra syllable in a verse, at either end
G iamb: ⏓ – ⏑ –
G Iambelegos: ⏓ – ⏑ – – || – ⏑ ⏑ – ⏑ ⏑ ⏓
GI iambic: having the basic pattern …⏑ –…
G iambic dimeter: ⏓ – ⏑ – ⏓ – ⏑ ⏓
G iambic trimeter: ⏓– ⏑ –⏓– ⏑ –⏓– ⏑ ⏓
I Jagatī: Vedic stanza with 4 dodecasyllables, closing ⏑ – ⏑ ⏓
G Lekythion: – ⏑ – ⏓ – ⏑ ⏓
GI octosyllable: a verse consisting of 8 syllables
G pentameter: a verse consisting of 5 feet
G penthemimeral caesura: word-break after the long of the 3rd foot in dactylic hexameter
G Pherecratic: ⏓ ⏓ – ⏑ ⏑ – ⏓, the catalectic variant of a Glyconic
G polyschematist: featuring free alternation of verses like Glyconics and choriambic dimeters
G Prosodiakon: ⏓ – ⏑ ⏑ – ⏑ ⏑ ⏓
G Sapphic pentameter: Aeolic base (one quasi-foot) plus 4 dactyls = 5 ‘feet’
I Satobṛhatī: Vedic stanza with 4 verses, consisting of 12 8 12 8 syllables
G spondee: the foot – –
G strophe: stanza
G Synartetic: relating to verses where the expected word-breaks are run over
G Telesilleion: ⏓ – ⏑ ⏑ – ⏑ ⏓
GI trimeter: dodecasyllable or hendecasyllable (by catalexis)
I Triṣṭubh: Vedic stanza with 4 hendecasyllables, closing ⏑ – ⏓
GI trochaic: having the basic pattern …– ⏑…
G trochaic caesura: word-break after – ⏑ in the 3rd foot of dactylic hexameter
G trochee: – ⏑ – ⏓
I Uṣṇih-A/B: Vedic stanza consisting of 8 8 12 / 8 8 8 4 syllables