A Principle of Composition in Homeric Verse
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3937573 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Roger Beck (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1972 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 213 |
| Publication date | 1972-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Phoenix (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-8299 • E-ISSN: 1929-4883 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1087830 |
| OpenAlex | W2077561904 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
(0) 1 12 3 34 5 5? First of all, word-ends are noticeably less frequent at 31 and 4 than at any other of the individual points in the first half of the line.2 Statistics show increasingly high totals for the first four points (1, 11, 2, and 3) and again for the alternatives for the medial caesura (5 and 5-), but at the two intervening points the totals drop considerably. The following, as an example, are H. N. Porter's figures for two sample passages of 1,000 lines from each epic (II. 5.1-6.91 and Od. 5.1-7.176):3
Art · Composition (language · Linguistics · Literature · Ancient Near East History · Classical Antiquity Studies · Linguistics and language evolution · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,14 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2019 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |