On the Role of Accent in Ancient Greek Poetry
Dactylic and Iambic Words in the Homeric Hexameter
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10288727 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alejandro Abritta (0000-0001-6121-8917, Universidad de Buenos Aires, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 71 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 539-554 |
| Publication date | 2018-06-20 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Mnemosyne (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0026-7074 • E-ISSN: 1568-525X |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/1568525x-12342375 |
| OpenAlex | W2815673759 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
In this paper, I set out to study the distribution of some accentual types of two different word shapes in the Homeric hexameter: iambs and iambic ending words and dactyls and dactylic ending words. Following Nagy 2000 and 2010 and David 2006, I start from the idea that accent has a role in Ancient Greek poetry, which has been corroborated in Abritta 2015 by studying the distribution of trochaic ending words. In the sections corresponding to each word shape, after a statistical consideration of the distribution, I examine some literary uses of accentual types, which the poet places in the line apparently in order to produce a certain effect on the audience. The article is conceived as a first approximation to the study of accentual distribution in Ancient Greek poetry
Art · English poetry · Iambic pentameter · Linguistics · Literature · Poetry · Stress (linguistics · Classical Antiquity Studies · Historical and Literary Studies · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |