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The Lyric Metres of Euripidean Drama - Universidade de Coimbra

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SymbolS<br />

Metrical Symbols<br />

O triunfo da ἱστορία sobre o μῦθος<br />

∪ short syllable<br />

— long syllable<br />

x anceps<br />

∪∪ resolved long<br />

oo aeolic base ( — —, — ∪, ∪ —, ∪∪∪)<br />

∩ (syllaba) breuis in (elemento) longo<br />

∧ marks some form <strong>of</strong> syncopation<br />

| colon-end<br />

|| period-end<br />

|| H period-end marked by hiatus<br />

|| Hs (hiatus in strophe); || Ha (hiatus in antistrophe)<br />

|| B period-end marked by breuis in longo<br />

|| Bs (breuis in strophe); || Ba (breuis in antistrophe)<br />

||| end <strong>of</strong> stanza or lyric sequence<br />

: significant word-end<br />

∫ indicates overlap<br />

~ in responsion with<br />

: : change <strong>of</strong> singer/ speaker<br />

e. m. extra metrum<br />

⊗ beginning <strong>of</strong> stanza or lyric sequence<br />

TypeS <strong>of</strong> rhyThmic variaTion<br />

catalexis ( cat )<br />

cholosis (χώλωcιc) ( chol )<br />

contraction ( contr )<br />

resolution ( resol )<br />

syncopation ( sync )<br />

TypeS <strong>of</strong> meTron<br />

an anapaest: ∪ ∪ — ∪ ∪ —<br />

ba bacchiac: ∪ — —<br />

cr cretic: — ∪ —<br />

ch choriamb: — ∪ ∪ —<br />

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