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In Latin poetry, the term "archilochian" or "archilochean" is used to refer to a number of different metres, called the "1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th archilochian". However, different authors disagree on the numbering. The description below follows Rudd (2004) and Raven (1965).
918:
Two other similar metrical couplets imitated from
Archilochus combining dactylic and iambic metra are known as the 1st and 2nd pythiambic. The 1st pythiambic cpmbines a dactylic hexameter with an iambic dimeter:
243:
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The 2nd pythiambic combines a dactylic hexameter with an ionic trimeter. In Horace's Epode 16 the trimeter is "pure", that is, every
677:
The above metre is called the "2nd
Archilochian" by Nisbet & Hubbard (1970), who use "1st Archilochian" as another name for the
575:
1085:
236:
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An iambic trimeter, followed by a dactylic hemiepes + an iambic dimeter (the second line is known as an 'elegiambus'):
229:
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520:
of tragedy and comedy, with the same caesura as in the example from
Archilochus, as a rule, for example in
17:
649:
4.7, praised by A. E. Housman in a lecture in 1914 as "the most beautiful poem in Latin literature":
1288:
1128:, Munich, 1993, p. 128 (here and in the index ×× is misprinted for × at the beginning of the verse)
453:
72:
423:
is observed before the ithyphallic (– u – u – –) ending of the verse. (Because of this, the name
681:(or Alcmanic) strophe, which consists of a dactylic hexameter followed by a dactylic tetrameter.
427:
has sometimes been used to refer only to the colon x – u u – u u – x preceding the ithyphallic.)
614:
The first archilochian stanza consists of a dactylic hexameter followed by a dactylic hemiepes:
87:
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807:
A dactylic tetrameter + ithyphallic (3 trochees), followed by an iambic trimeter catalectic:
33:
744: and snows are drawing down Jupiter; now the sea, now the forests...'
526:
92:
8:
552:
197:
167:
122:
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52:
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The metre's name reflects the precedent in
Archilochus, for example, fr. 188 (West).
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147:
897:'Harsh winter is being loosened with a welcome change of spring and the West Wind;
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900: and machines are dragging the dry keels (to the shore);
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the cattle no longer rejoice in their stable or the ploughman in his fire;
792: to write little verses smitten by a serious love'
689:
A dactylic hexameter, followed by an iambic dimeter + dactylic hemiepes:
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276:
137:
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This is seen in
Archilochus, fr. 197 (West), and is used stichically by
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341:
1039: and Rome is being ruined by its own strength'
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906: nor are the meadows white with hoar frost.'
830:(The first of these lines is known as the "greater archilochian".)
670:'The snows have fled away, and grass is now returning to the plains
449:
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117:
112:
102:
431:
420:
1137:
Peter
Kruschwitz, " Die antiken Quellen zum Saturnischen Vers,"
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your mother, the applause of the theatre-seats, bore you happy.'
506:'Welcome, o foolishly-laughing crowd, to the post-festival days,
986:
412:'Erasmonides Charilaos, I'm going to tell you an amusing thing,
327:
187:
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notes, no caesura is observed before the ithyphallic ending:
371:
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354:
348:
1124:, 4th ed., Göttingen, 1982, pp. 41f. n. 11; C.M.J. Sicking,
741:'A dreadful storm has contracted the sky, and rain showers
1036:'Another generation is now being worn away by civil wars,
415:
most dearest of friends, and you will enjoy hearing it.'
760: – u u – u u x | x – u – x – u x
712: x – u – x – u x | – u u – u u x
971:'It was night and the moon was shining in a clear sky
950:
15 and 16. The following is the opening of Epode 15:
789:'Pettius, it does not please me at all as in the past
485:Khaîr᾽, ô még᾽ akhreiógelōs hómile, taîs epíbdais,
1280:
1228:Musa Pedestris: Metre and Meaning in Roman Verse
974: amidst the lesser stars'
673: and leaves to the trees'
1014: u – u – u – u – u – u x
826: x – u – x | – u – u – x
462:Χαῖρ᾽, ὦ μέγ᾽ ἀχρειόγελως ὅμιλε, ταῖς ἐπίβδαις,
734:nivēsque dēdūcunt Iovem; nunc mare nunc siluae
448:1518-1537 (with irregular responsion) and in
237:
1181:
804:(= Nisbet & Hubbard's 3rd archilochian)
726:horrida tempestās caelum contraxit et imbrēs
611:(= Nisbet & Hubbard's 2nd archilochian)
586:– u – x – u – x – u –,
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661:
655:diffūgēre nivēs, redeunt iam grāmina campīs
653:
499:eudaímon᾽ étikté se mḗtēr ikríōn psóphēsis.
492:tês hēmetéras sophías kritḕs áriste pántōn,
325:
1239:Nisbet, R. G. M. & Hubbard, M (1970).
799:
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244:
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1021:altera iam teritur bellīs cīvīlibus aetās
782:scrībere versiculōs amōre percussum gravī
476:εὐδαίμον᾽ ἔτικτέ σε μήτηρ ἰκρίων ψόφησις.
469:τῆς ἡμετέρας σοφίας κριτὴς ἄριστε πάντων,
308:usually describes the following length:
1074:. Loeb Classical Library 33, pp. 14–15.
942: x – u – x – u x
279:, whose poetry first uses the rhythms.
14:
1281:
1049:Nisbet, R. G. M.; Hubbard, M. (1970).
956:nox erat et caelō fulgēbat lūna serēnō
582:for the trochaic trimeter catalectic:
641: – u u – u u x
565:
1208:Nisbet & Hubbard (1970), p. xiv.
452:fr. 360 (Kassel-Austin), where, as
263:is a term used to describe several
24:
1241:A Commentary on Horace Odes Book 1
1051:A Commentary on Horace Odes Book 1
870:ac neque iam stabulīs gaudet pecus
509:best of all critics of our wisdom,
25:
1305:
978:
913:
774:Pettī, nihil mē sīcut anteā iuvat
757:x – u – x – u – x – u x
597:
340:comes from Archilochus' fr. 168 (
332:syllable). The alternative name
282:
1262:
1246:
1233:
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1043:
843:Solvitur ācris hiēms grātā vice
796:cf. Archilochus fr. 196 (West)
312:x – u u – u u – x | – u – u – x
287:
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1202:
1189:
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1087:An Introduction to Greek Metre
1029:suīs et ipsa Rōma vīribus ruit
991:position is a short syllable:
13:
1:
556:403 ~ 417, and Aristophanes,
516:The verse also occurs in the
1270:Greek Metre: An Introduction
275:. The name is derived from
7:
27:Greek and Latin poetic form
10:
1310:
1272:, London, 1962, pp. 48-50.
475:
468:
461:
399:, polù phíltath᾽ hetaírōn,
372:
362:
355:
349:
1226:Morgan, Llewllyn (2010).
1171:, Leiden, 1987, pp. 139f.
1156:The Songs of Aristophanes
1109:The Songs of Aristophanes
946:This is found in Horace,
764:This is found in Horace,
1094:
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660:
73:Latin rhythmic hexameter
1230:, Oxford; introduction.
1111:, Oxford, 1997, p. xvii
800:4th archilochian stanza
749:3rd archilochian stanza
685:2nd archilochian stanza
607:1st archilochian stanza
430:The verse is also used
367:, πολὺ φίλταθ᾽ ἑταίρων,
316:(where "–" indicates a
1182:
1072:Horace Odes and Epodes
1028:
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833:An example is Horace,
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716:An example is Horace,
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654:
645:An example is Horace,
594:, fr. 202 (Pfeiffer).
326:
88:Metres of Roman comedy
1252:Allen and Greenough,
1217:Raven (1965), p. 112.
1197:Griechische Verslehre
1183:Griechische Verslehre
1167:J. M. van Ophuijsen,
1152:Griechische Verslehre
1126:Griechische Verslehre
1063:Raven, D. S. (1965).
1056:Raven, D. S. (1962),
34:Greek and Latin metre
1294:Ancient Greek poetry
1169:Hephaestion on Metre
1084:West, M. L. (1987).
1077:West, M. L. (1982).
1067:. Faber & Faber.
1060:. Faber & Faber.
527:Seven Against Thebes
382:Erasmonídē Kharílae,
93:Trochaic septenarius
964:inter minōra sīdera
823:– u u | – u – u – x
553:Iphigenia in Tauris
405:térpseai d᾽ akoúōn.
350:Ἐρασμονίδη Χαρίλαε,
292:In the analysis of
1154:, p. 185; Parker,
1122:Griechische Metrik
663:arboribusque comae
566:Another definition
388:khrêmá toi geloîon
373:τέρψεαι δ᾽ ἀκούων.
198:Resolution (meter)
168:Anaclasis (poetry)
123:Asclepiad (poetry)
83:Saturnian (poetry)
53:Dactylic hexameter
1254:New Latin Grammar
1243:(Oxford), p. xiv.
1141:55 (2002), p. 478
1070:Rudd, N. (2004).
890:albicant pruīnīs.
863:māchinae carīnās,
857:trahuntque siccās
438:, for example in
356:χρῆμά τοι γελοῖον
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876:aut arātor ignī
849:vēris et Favōnī
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530:756-7 ~ 764-5,
298:Classical Greek
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203:Brevis brevians
183:Brevis in longo
178:Metron (poetry)
98:Hendecasyllable
78:Iambic trimeter
63:Alcmanian verse
58:Elegiac couplet
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288:Erasmonidean
273:Latin poetry
261:archilochean
260:
257:Archilochian
256:
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208:Porson's Law
143:Anacreontics
108:Aeolic verse
68:Archilochian
67:
1079:Greek Metre
1065:Latin Metre
1058:Greek Metre
592:Callimachus
537:Oedipus Rex
454:Hephaestion
432:stichically
277:Archilochus
138:Ionic metre
1283:Categories
574:metrician
436:Old Comedy
18:Pythiambic
1195:Sicking,
1186:, p. 128.
1180:Sicking,
1150:Sicking,
1139:Mnemosyne
1090:. Oxford.
1081:. Oxford.
1053:. Oxford.
1011:– u u – x
939:– u u – x
709:– u u – x
679:Alcmanian
572:Byzantine
542:Euripides
532:Sophocles
522:Aeschylus
218:Catalexis
163:Lekythion
1199:, p. 111
450:Cratinus
320:, "u" a
300:poetry,
158:Dochmiac
118:Glyconic
113:Choriamb
103:Choliamb
576:Trichas
562:580-1.
421:caesura
294:Archaic
987:anceps
948:Epodes
766:Epodes
718:Epodes
328:anceps
318:longum
265:metres
188:Anceps
1095:Notes
837:1.4:
547:Medea
445:Wasps
322:breve
835:Odes
768:11:
720:13:
647:Odes
570:The
342:West
296:and
271:and
1009:u u
1005:u u
1001:u u
997:u u
937:u u
933:u u
929:u u
925:u u
821:u u
817:u u
813:u u
707:u u
703:u u
699:u u
695:u u
638:– x
636:u u
632:u u
628:u u
624:u u
620:u u
434:in
344:):
336:or
304:or
267:of
259:or
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