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Iamb (poetry) (1,069 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

referred to one of the feet of the quantitative meter of classical Greek prosody: a short syllable followed by a long syllable (as in καλή (kalḗ) "beautiful

Amphibrach (694 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

An amphibrach (/ˈæmfɪbræk/) is a metrical foot used in Latin and Greek prosody. It consists of a long syllable between two short syllables. The word comes

Sanskrit prosody (5,288 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the same as the foot in Greek prosody. The metrical unit in Sanskrit prosody is the verse (line, pada), while in Greek prosody it is the foot. Sanskrit

Jack-a-Boy (462 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

boy had Ancient Greece in his soul. He then returns to his work on Greek prosody and Miss Harris to her piano lessons. On the first day of May, the Professor

Franz Ernst Heinrich Spitzner (183 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Lyceum. Spitzner's work on Greek prosody was translated into English and published in 1831 as "Elements of Greek Prosody". He was an editor of Köppen's

Pyrrhic (482 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Although the pyrrhic by itself is not used in analysis of classical Greek prosody, examples exist of epigrammatic poems that employ nothing but short

Strophe (721 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

epode was carried to its height by Pindar. With the development of Greek prosody, various peculiar strophe-forms came into general acceptance, and were

Lewis Page Mercier (2,070 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

materials for teachers of Greek and Latin listed below: A Manual of Greek Prosody. Mercier, Lewis Page, 12 vo, Glasgow, 1843. Selections from Æsop, Xenophon

Tuplet (2,228 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

alternative modern term, "irrational rhythm", was originally borrowed from Greek prosody where it referred to "a syllable having a metrical value not corresponding

Line (poetry) (2,066 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

the most common of traditional lines in surviving classical Latin and Greek prosody was the hexameter. In modern Greek poetry hexameter was replaced by

Kassia (2,531 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

wisdom and monastic truth". Kassia abandoned typical themes found in Greek prosody, preferring to discuss more individual and personal issues. In addition

Cypriot Greek (4,129 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

stin Ellinici) (Ph.D.). Themistocleous, Charalambos (2014). "Modern Greek Prosody. Using speech melody in communication (Prosodia tis Neas Ellinikis.

Charles Anthon (2,279 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

D., London: Thomas Tegg (1840). online Charles Anthon, A System of Greek Prosody and Metre: for the use of schools and colleges (1839). online; (1842)

Christian poetry (6,663 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

viewpoint, these hymns represent important innovations; they turn away from Greek prosody and instead seem to have been based on the rhythmic marching songs of