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 378 ON THE LANGUAGE, METRES AND PROSODY Yerses containing pure Iambi (a), Tribraclis in 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4tli, and 5th places (b, c, d, e,f), Spondees in 1st, 3rd, and 5th (g), Dactyls in 1st and 3rd (h, i), Anapest in 1st (j), are given by Gaisford in his Hej^hcestiouj p. 241, or may be read in the following lines of the (Edipus Rex: a. 8. o -Tracrt kXcivos OtSt7roi;s KaXov/xevo?. h, 112. TTorepa 8' ev otKOts rj V aypots o Aatog. C. 26. (}>0iVOV(Ta S' ayeXais /3odvo/xoi9, tokolctl re. d. 568. TTCOS OW T0& OVTO% O CTO^OS ov/c r^vStt TttSc ; e. 826. fxr)Tp6^ Ivyyjvai, kol iraripa KaraKravciv. f. 1496. TL yap KaKwv airea-Ti ; tov iraripa Traryp. g. 30. "AiSt^s o-revay/xoTs Kat yoots Trovrit,€rai. h. 270. /xi}t apoTOV avToU yrjv avtevat Ttva. ■i. 257. dvSp6<s y apiarov /JactXews t oXwXoro?. J. 18. icp^s' eyoj /jtev Zr]v6<;' otSc t' Tj^ewi/... 2. The last syllable in each verse appears to be indifferently short or long : and even where one line ends with a short vowel, a vowel is often found at the beginning of the next, as in (Ed. B. w. 2, 3 ; 6, 7 ; 7, 8. Sometimes, however, one verse with its final vowel elided passes by scansion into the next, as (Ed. Col. w. 1164-5. 2ot cfiaaiv avrov cs Xoyov? iXOexv jxoXovr AIt€lv, direXOeiv t a(r<^aXws t^<; Seup' oSov. The case is thus restricted by Person ad Med. 510: Vocalis in fine versus elidi non potest, nisi syllaha longa prcecedat. (On this curious subject, consult Hermann's Elenienta Doctrince Metricce, Lips. 1816, Glasg. 1817, p. 36=22, 3.) 3. Besides the initial Anapest (restricted, however, as below ^) in common words, in certain proper names, which could not else be intro- duced, the Anapest is admitted also into the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th places of the verse. (2nd,) Iph. A. 416. yv 'I^iyei/ctav (uj/o/^a^cs iv SofxoL?. (3rd.) (Ed. Col. 1317. rirapTOV ^Imroixihovr aTreo-TetXev TraTtjp. (4th.) (Ed. R. 285. fxaXia-ra ^oifiio Tcipeortav, Trap' ov tls dv. (5th.) Antig. 11. eyitot /xev ovSets jxvOoSj 'AvTiyovrj, (jiiXinv. 1 This Anapest in the tragic is generally included in the same word ; except where the line begins either with an article or with a preposition followed immediately by its case. Monk, Mus. Crit. i. p. 6i. Philoct. 754. TOV taov xp^^o^'" Orest. 888. iirl rySe S' rjyopevou... Iph. A, 646. Trap' efx.oi...