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Greek tragedy

Note 863 — Chapter VI · METRE AND RHYTHM IN GREEK TRAGEDY

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No such lines are extant in Greek, but an analogy can be found in Ennius’ hexameter:

Sparsis hastis longis campus splendet et horret.

In the Peruigilium Veneris, the trochee is much too often contained in a single word, e.g.:

Hybla totos funde flores, quotquot annus adtulit.

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