An Unknown Correlation in Hexametric Poetry and the Interpretation of the Brevis in Longo Principle

The goal of this paper is to show that (some) Ancient Greek hexametric poets were not indifferent to the quantity of the final syllable of the verse, by studying the correlation between that quantity and the different possible word ends in the fourth foot of the verse. The results of the study sugge...

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Main Author: Alejandro Abritta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Estudos Clássicos (SBEC) 2017-12-01
Series:Classica, Revista Brasileira de Estudos Clássicos
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Online Access:https://revista.classica.org.br/classica/article/view/435