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Ixxii METRES OP HOKACE.
19. ARCHIIiOCHIAN HEPTAMETER
This species of verse consists of two members, the first a dac-
tylic tetrameter a priore (vid. No. 2, in notis), and the latter ai
trochaic dimeter brachycatalectic ; that is, the first portion of
the line contains four feet from the beginning of a dactylic hex-
ameter, the fourth being always a dactyl, and the latter portion
consists of three trochees ;
as,
as,
SolvU&r 1 dcr^s hy\ems gra\td v%cS \\ ySrls | et Fd.\vOni.
20. MINOR ALCAIC.
This metre consists of two dactyls followed by two trochees,
ieaia persdn,ii\ere [ saxd.
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21. DACTYLICO-IAMBIC.
This measure occurs in the second, fourth, and other even
lines of the eleventh Epode of Horace, omitted in the present
edition. The first part of the verse is a dactylic trimeter cata-
lectic (No. 3), the latter part is an iambic dimeter (No. 7) ;
Scnhtrl versic&\los dm6\re peT\cUlsum, grdvl.
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One peculiarity attendant on this metre will need explanation.
In consequence of the union of two different kinds of verse into
one line, a licence is allowed the poet with regard to the final
syllable of tlie first verse, both in liengthening short syllables and
preseiTing vowels from elision.
Hence lines thus composed of independent metres are called
iavvapTriToi, or inconnexi on account of this medial license. Ar-
chilochus, according to Hephaestion, was the first who employ-
ed them. {Beniley, ad Epod. 11.) Many editions, however,
prefer the simpler, though less correct, division into two dis-
tinct measures ; as,
ScriMrS |
versicii\los
Anio\ri per\\ciilsiim \ grain.
22. IA9IBIC0-DACTTLIC.
This measure occurs in the second, fourth, and other even
lines of the thirteenth Epode of Horace, as it is arranged in this
edition. The first part of the verse is an iambic dimeter (No.
as,