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 OF THE GREEK DRAMATISTS. 407 Besides the instances of — ^w— in one word, which afford tlie strongest case for the admission of the licence, some other principal modes in which that apparent foot is made up may be classed under four heads. A. TMiere a long monosyllable, from its nature more or less adhering to the word ■which it precedes, may be supposed to form a coalescence of this kind, | — 1^^— |- Plutus 45. etr' ov $vvLr]<; rrjv i7rLV0Lav tov Oeov ; Acharn. 52. (XTrovSa? ttouIct^l | Trpos AaKcSatj/xovtors ix6v(jo. Nuhes 12. aX)C | ov 8vi'a/xat [ Sct'Aatos cvSctv 8aKyo^6vo5. B. Where either a monosyllable precedes, haying from the law of collocation less adherence to what follows; or some longer word pre- cedes, not particularly attached to the word which follows, or by syntax united to it: Flut. dQ. aye [ hq Trporepov | crv aavrov, ocrrts eT, (fipdcrov. Nub. 25. iA]cjv, a8tK€ts* ] lAawe tov aravrov Spo/xov. Plut. 148. SovAjos yeyevr;l/xat 8ta ro /x-rj TrXovrelv tcroo?. C. "Where, after an elision, concuiTences of this kind take place : Plut. 12. fJi€ay)(oX<2vT d7T€7r€fj.{l/€ fJiov TOV SecrTTOTqv. 16. ov|tos S' (XKoXovOeL, Kdjxk 77/3oo-/3ia^eTai. 195. Kav 1 TavT dvvcrqjaL, T^rrapaKovra fBovXerai. D. "VMiere a monosyllable by its natm-al position follows a longer word : Plut. 688. TO ypaSiov 8' ojs | rjo-O^TO hq | fxov tov !/6cfiov. 943. Kttt TUVTa Trpos TO ix€T(j)7rov I avTLKa Brj | fidXa. N. B. From the very close connexion of the article with its noun, to fj.€Toy7rov may be fairly taken as one word; and so, in the following line, we may consider to. vocrqp-aTa : Plut. 708. SetVas* €K€tvos 8' Iv kvkXio to. voayfJLaTa. Thus V. 943 will become referable to the class A, and y. 708 to the class B, along with many combinations of the yery same kind. 8. If the idea of this inquiry had struck the mind of Elmsley as worthy at all of his careful research, little or nothing would haye been afterwards left for inyestigation. The topic was not without interest to him as an Editor of Aristophanes : and on the Acharnians, ad V. 178, and in reference to y. 531, Tt coTtv; eyoj fxkv Sevpo cot o-7rov8as (fiipiov — HoTpaTTTCV, i/Spovra, ^vvcKVKa Trjv 'EXA-aSa —