the dochmiacs of greek drama

The Dochmiacs of Greek DramaAuthor(s): N. C. ConomisReviewed work(s):Source: Hermes, 92. Bd., H. 1 (1964), pp. 23-50Published by: Franz Steiner VerlagStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4475286 .

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THE DOCHMIACS OF GREEK DRAMA*

The purpose of the present statistical survey of the dochmiacs in Greek drama is to provide critics and editors of the texts with precise information as regards the occurrence of each form of dochmiac.

The figures of all forms of dochmiacs for the individual poets are as follows:

Each anceps u ist anceps - Each anceps - 2nd anceps -

I.U - - tJ - 9 . - - I 7. - 17__ 2 5. EJ - - -

A. II4, S. 128,E. 28I A. 3, S. 9, E. 38 A. 4?, S. i, E. I9 A. 6?, S. 4,E.39 2. U UJL - U - IO0. - uJt - tJ - I8. - UJL - - - 26. J Juu - - -

A. I94, S. 57, E. 403 A. I27, S. 33, E. 73 A. 5?, S. I2, E. 33 A. I2, S. 2, E. 98

3.J - uK u - I I. --K)K) - 19. -----UK 27. K)- K - -

A. I4, S. 2, E. I4 A. 3, S. -, E. 5 No example A. S. -, E. 2

4.K - - K) K 12. - - - K K U 20. - KU ) U -- 28. K - - - U

A. 2, S. 2, E. 13 A. -, S. -, E. 3? A.-, S. i?, E. i? A. -,S. i?, E. -

5. Ku u u UK - 13. - KU KU U - 2I. - kJ KU)- K)K 29. K) UK) )UK - -

A. 24, S. i6, E. 46 A. I4, S. 2, E. io No example A. i, S.-, E. 2

6. K) KJ)K JKK K ) I 4. - UK) K)K) K) JK)K 22. - - K)K) - K)K) 30. K) JK)K K)K)-K)

A. 3, S. I2, E. 44 A.-, S. 4, E. 5? No example A.-, S. -, E. 5? 7. K) - Ku u KJ 15. - - K)U K) K)K) 23. - Ku - - Ku 31. K) - K -- _

A. -, S. i, E. i? A.-, S. -,E. 2 No example No example 8. u u - u u i6. - K)K) - K) K)K) 24. - - KK) - - 32. K) K)U - - K)K)

A. i, S. 2, E. 22 A. -, S. 2, E. 6 No example A. -, S. -, E. i

i. Notes on rarer dochmiacs

We now pass on to the rarer forms, i.e. those dochmiac forms which occur not more than seven times in any one of the Tragedians.

No. 3K) - -u u -: S. Aj. 879b Lg av 3a~' pVoL, -rt; iav q'tAo7to'vov, a cer-

tain example. S. Ant. I340b oc, GE ' ' oUZ * xoV xaT8xTavov (xOCTEXTxt

h.e. xov6x'6ocv Tricl.: zax&rvov HERMANN: Cxl0CVOV MUSGRAVE: xoc'Xacavov W.

SCHNEIDER) u - uK K -: Triclinius' text is unmetrical; HERMANN'S

emendation and that of MUSGRAVE give the dochmiac u u -, that of SCHNEIDER gives u - Ku u -.

No. 4 k) - - u K): A. Eum. 790 no2hat; g"taOov, a certain example. A.

ScTh. 975 icb Mo1ea f8aQv . 86oSLpo ,.yspck, the example is not certain since the dochmiac depends on '5CC (14) fere codd.: o MAZON, = cr. + do.; 16 5C'O Tricl.,

ia. cr. [or 2cr.] + do.). S. Ant. I320a Eyc&, 9ay6 eTv,ov: Lc 7p6aGtooXL, a certain example. In

S. Aj. 886, Pearson's text, vowO ar2aC'usvov [Xe6aac,ov], is inacceptable, for

1 The subject of the present paper was suggested to me by Professor D. L. PAGE under whose guidance I had the privilege to work for some time in 1957 and again in i962. How much I owe him cannot be easily expressed but I would like to say that this article could have never been written without his unfailing interest and constant advice.



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(a) the dochmiac form in 93I, - - , supports retention of 7rXi-

U6p.vov Xe6aawcv here, - - -- -, (b) Xe6aawv governing 76kai.tevov

seems, in this context, essential to the sense, (c) the conjecture introduces a phenomenon almost unparalleled in dochmiacs, the lengthening before initial mute + liquid in 7r0o% 7t-.

No. 6 u uu:A. Ag. I4IOa id5t,xeg wrdia/zes, * 7r07rOOX 8' n, acer- tain example. A. ScTh. 204b 0 'o6 &ppx * x-rvzov 6Toflov 6'roflov (6t. vel 6t'. MTricl., bis 6o'. vel o'r. rell.): 6'ropov is essential to the metre and the example must be accepted. A. Ag. II76b eX(4?LM O . yo7ea OaVaToqO'a

(0ovov'i]- Tricl.): here the choice lies between yoep& O' v ococp`pcx and yOepZ

Oovotrp6px; the former has this advantage over the latter, that the dochmiac ~u u u u uu, though very rare in A., is common in S. and E., whereas the

dochmiac u uu uu - uu occurs nowhere in either A. or S. and is extremely rare in E.

No. 7 u -uu u uJi: S. Ant. I273a 0e6 -co'r' Iea rd: .: sLya ocipoq ' lov, seems certain. A second example is created by a probable conjecture in E. H. F. io6ia V7rvov <y' a`>vnvov o&o' * evov, 8 XCxv?v &Xo-(y' &u7vov post DOBREE WILAM.: Orvov LP). In E. Or. I037, 6o00 7ra& torayov ojdvov; (86PC HER- MANN), the context is not demonstrably dochmiac.

No. 8 u uu - u 'u: A. Eum. 838a 8E zaAat6qoQova, . xoc'rok'e Ty? v o'?xsv is a certain example. S. 0. T. I34oa &Tdcye8' IxTo'ztov .: 6Tt CrotW 0 p. is also certain. S. Ant. I319b 'yc yap a 3@ * gxavov, Uc buy2sog (Ixavov, 0i LArec: &'avov,

rec: 'xavov, c4 BRUHN alii): the emended text avoids hiatus and so does HERMANN'S yap ?yw 6 a' c ov, x0.

No. ii - - u -: A. ScTh. i64" a x ' p, paxatp &Cwa' ."Oyxa, rQd ro-

Le09w (... vx0Lr=pOrno[?1Xw] 1I 2I79 in Pap. Oxy. xx p. I67), is a certain example.

A. Pers. 658 ,BaAA)v, Wt, lxo?3 (VOL txou MAQ: 'O' Exou rell.): the example is not certain, since the correct form of PocX(X)Tv is disputed. A. Eum. 842" t

U7Oa6vTroL.: 7AEVQed, <-rt'> o'3va ('rig add. BLASS 538'vat hic F): a dubious case (tG 608voc 7r?eupa& HERMANN). E. Or. I46a A)-roi 3o'vaxog, co * dS a,

XcpVetL FoL, a certain example. E. Or. I387 a%v'/vov, 5vaEckvag (ax6Vvou recc.: ax6t,vov codd.), is also a certain example. E. Hypsipyle (PAGE G. L. P., no. I2) 3I5a dxTa'g flaevfle ,ovg and 33Ia O',iot, xaxa A8yEtg are both certain examples. E. Phoen. I78a nciJAotg /reTaq2'e'cv W. E06vc ([Lr0rCPPpV0V fort. legebat Eust. P. 557,35 O6tVEL 8PO6VOV WILAM.), SO MURRAY: 7NC`OLV [eT0COpp6voq cp&p)VWECK-

LEIN, 7tC0OLV Ile'r'cqppevov pipov DAIN (CUr0&C?PpV0V &PCp)v HEADLAM). Text and metre uncertain.

No. I2 - U U: E. Hec. io6Ib &v8popovoug pocpi a . XeQ'v'IAta'ag: though the example is unique no fault can be found with the text. E. Suppl. 92i v6v 'At6ag TOcv 4sUOV, is not in a dochmiac context. E. frg. 754 N.2 r v Aetucova xa0'.' aog (the example given by KOSTER, Traite de Metrique Grecque 2,

p. 276): the words 6v ?edCovO XO[a7c4 probably are Plutarch's and not Euri-



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pides'. Cf. NAUCK2 T. G. F., P. 595, von ARNIM, Supplementum Euripideum, p. 56.

No. I3 -.Ju U -: S. O. C. I56I ,Us6' n1r flapvaxe1: the metrical interpretation is dubious. S. Ant. I3IO bsetatog lyJ) 9EV 9peg (Moct ERFURDT: ?pV pyi secl. SCHROEDER: U& BRUHN): text and metrical interpretation are uncertain.

No. I4 - 'jJ k -A: S. El. I247b evepoi ? vrc o Orore xara2vatuov I267b 'ac,g 7 apog,, dCt &xpvtroc . st d oEg 8"roe . aev (7ropaev L? G', 67Xaev

GR (sic), d7oaev ALa: ?67cpwev DINDORF): the emendation in 1.I267b suits both sense and responsion. S. 0. T. 66ia 'AAtov- eEt' 60Wog . OCpLXOg O C 'rL -nL

-L V 692a aOt 6e ziaQapVt,a [.V &atopov sd gpvovt,Loc, are certain examples. E. I. T. 87ob 3r:v' (XoCv, 4itotW .c vyyove. raoad 6'odiyov, is a certain example. Likewise according to MURRAY'S arrangement E. I. A. I290a - baTog Re2yeT' ,Asyer' .V 'Dpuy6v 7r6XeL,. E. Tro. 326a atc0'etov alvaye Xo . pOV ?VOvC, eVOt.

(Ivocy' &vcxye HERMANN), seems certain. E. H. F. io84a Kiq> raXa qgOVoV lT8eov. ?zi 96Vco 3ocXwV (Q add. WILAM.: 'rm&OC <8?> HERMANN: <?0'> ?Trpov KIRCH- HOFF), the form of the dochmiac depends on conjecture. E. Phoen. I533b OL-not6, a6v oct .dWa C uaAsov, og t brr,, the text is unreliable.

No. I5 - - uu - u-: E. Ion 782a 7cig 99Sg; iarov apa * ov &vmy6 ov (cpjg: fort. el7acC WECKLEIN fort. &prov oca (po6CLv MURRAY): MURRAY thinks the text unmetrical and as -rov oiroA-ov is not a dochmiac this example seems dubious. E. I. A. I307 ev3vaiTt flaoratoarv (?DvaZg MONK 3ocaLXcaLt LP, 3ocaLkozaL

primitus P): though the metrical context is a mixed one the phrase eUvaocZc f atTlMaLv seems a certain example of dochmiac.

No. i6- - - uu: S. 0. T. I345a rdv 0araear6rarovv 9rr. r8 xl Orot

I365a El rt ralsve,ov .rL xOcxo- xox6V,: two certain examples. E. Hipp. 369a rtg cg ravacueeuog. oas ypovog F4veL; ('TL:':,r KP 'rt{ 0 v7CsVpaoP 0a'0 6 WEIL):

the change suggested for obvious reasons by WEIL gives - -but the manuscript reading is not in any way objectionable. E. Hec. io67b e0 eLOL

olipAuoov :. a4axoa'v #fli'aeov, is a certain example. E. H. F. II78a Oi rdv

Riatoqo'eov .6 XOov Xwv <&voc> ... (&voc, suppl. HERMANN: Cx'loc ante id prae- figi vult PALEY): the first part of the line seems beyond reasonable doubt and the dochmiac is probable. PALEY'S suggestion creates - - - u-, an unusual sequence. E. Tro. 252b j 'r&v 'o3 4Dooou * aqOgvov, 5 y'ag o, a certain example. E. Bacch. II62 Elg yovov, e; ba6xeva. (ek yO'vov P: kG YOOV CAN- TER: = O'VOV MURRAY, Cl. Chr. Pat. IO51 i Opivov): the manuscript reading dL y6vov is clearly wrong; both emendations supply good meaning without affecting the metre. E. Hec. 702 cJ,uot, aia4, 'uaOov (WC pO P): since the dochmiac is based on two exclamations it cannot be regarded as certain.

No. I7 --- : A. Suppl. 892 cO fld Pdg rai ZsiE, which occur twice is a very exceptional line-five consecutive (circumflex) monosyllables. This is not in itself good evidence of normal dochmiac practice, especially when the



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metre of the whole stanza is doubtful. A. Pers. 657 Pa2Av, 'eXaio; I g OXXnv

(PocnXXv MQ E, cum Hdn. Gr. 2, 923, cf. Sext. Emp. p. 672 BK.: roCoX'v rell. cum Eust. I1. 38I, i6. Od. I854, 26): there is no means of telling whether Aeschylus intended ,3axX?- or PofC3-; the latter has the advantage of giving a commoner form of dochmiac. A. ScTh. ii6a aIa', (L ZeAl Kp?i ei> -Ocv-rXe?, (9pU cpei e.g. add. MURRAY: cf. I35 a6'r' "Aplq, 9cs ce5): strophic correspondence probably favours a supplement of this type, but there are other suggestions which give - , - or even iambic metre. A. Ag. I494a Jyol 1uot, xoirav 'avI' CCV?tXe pov: the interpretation

- - w u-is possible, but not more likely than --() - --- u -- U- , ia. + glyc.; further ,u ot ,uoL may be extra metrum.

See DENNISTON-PAGE, Agamemnon, p. 237. S. Phil. 5Iob E' 7aLxpoto4, . OEt; 'ArTeeta;, : not certain,

since no other example of this form of dochmiac occurs in S. and since the lengthening of A'rp- is suspect; the reading 'Arpe2ocq ~'ye - - -

which DAIN accepts, is preferable. No. i8 - - - : A. ScTh. 705b v r oz tOL 7tpe: aTax8v Ev l catl-

,uwev, a certain example. A. P. V. 580b ol rpj&)c, I

.dart 6et2atav, the context leaves it doubtful whether the phrase is dochmiac; the same is true of , 599 GXLPLX ac 8? . VIaT,l: V aidat;. A. Eum. 255 AegaE rdv naxv6ra, uq MTricl.: ?e5aae -TOv F: Xe6GGZTZ WAKEFIELD -tcWv'6 M2: 7&v'aoc rell.: 7avrz

eua-?o0v THOMSON): the reading of F is both unmetrical and deficient since one would expect the plural e6Caavre; MURRAY'S text gives - O- '- but perhaps Xaae-Te -avocm gives better sense (cf. Od. u 233, Ar. Vesp. 246), though a rarer form of dochmiac - u - . A. Eum. 845a Nz$ acbo yaQ Tt,iav: ocvOaLuav ,ue Os&v (,U? t[&,V aOmpc0ov oc supra utrumque co scripto M: ,UL CLx,LCV

8aaociv FTricl.: vid. ad 879: corr. L. DINDORF): text unreliable. No. 20 - xu 'u - -: E. Hipp. I273 6i2uvQV E'fl zo'v-rov: the context

seems to favour dochmiac interpretation of the phrase. The stanza begins v. i, non-dochmiac, v. 2 dochmiac, v. 3 non-dochmiac, v. 4 dochmiac; this pattern naturally suggests v. 5 non-dochmiac, v. 6 0?CXpuv d7'L t6'wOv dochmiac. The ithyphallic scansion seems anyway artificial and it is to be noticed that more dochmiacs are coming later on. Therefore the dochmiac form - u u- -

may be accepted here as probable. S. Ant. I342a gio; io'reQov iC, get .x,LOC. 7C&'VOC y&cp (7po6 SEIDLER: 6Oroc 7rp64 codd. rr6repov A rec: 7rp-Lrec xL0O6 MUSGRAVE: XOCI 0 codd.): text and dochmiac uncertain.

No. 25 u --- : A. ScTh. I35a ai -r', "Aej, q?e83, 99EV, 7. -O?LV Xrcw-

vuvtov, a certain example. A. ScTh. ,o,b 7t?'7V XOd, a-Tcp?oV *xO-c', I I u VIV,

aJ/-, may be considered certain, though LoWINSKI suggested r' p,iS vi5v, 77o-'

a4,u- i.e. -- -, an equally rare form of dochmiac. A. Eum. Oal -' dO Moleat 98I bt' oeyav notva;, are of uncertain interpretation; dochmiac of the form _ - - - - is one of the possibilities, alternatively ba. sp. A.




ScTh. 785 r'xvotg 6' 'eaalg (&px;(oda WILAM.: &yp(oc FRANCKEN, &pocq MA- ZON): the manuscript reading gives the metron u- -- which should be

in correspondence to 778 Ze't a' &pr'9ppv u - - -, and the sense also is

obscure. The reading &p(ocLaCq suggested metri gratia by WILAMOWITZ makes good sense, - 'apxacg . . . -poqc' (ob pristinum cibum, WILAM. Griech. Versk., p. 203-204). A. Cho. 957a xear -r' atxi ' go: . o' 6eZov [rocp&] so pro (xpovZoL

M: distinxit (xpate 'r' &O) MURRAY: XpocrZor= aC HERMANN), text uncertain. S. 0. T. I323b AJCO.?V?L4 ps -OV . "P e '&ev, seems likely since the interpretation riui)Xpv i.e. is not favoured either by prosody (the lengthening 'TcpX- would be abnormal) or by responsion, the corresponding dochmiac being u - -. S. Phil. 395a e xacxel, jua-ee . zoTvL', Tn7U-

84,uocv, is a certain example. S. Ant. I307b 0Cv?rToV cp5c . it ' ovx JvTaiav (xoctpLocv XYP): since the consensus of the manuscripts gives ('otaav this must have been the 'authentic' reading; the Scholiast's reading XXLptav gives

- - - . S. Ant. I341a a ? U' ocUV, Wor0 [.UXe0q, o' eXo (&q a o: r' HERMANN ocU&c&v: oC5 Z'rva' SEIDLER): the manuscript reading gives

the sequence -u - - -- which should correspond to u - - u -;

further both 'o and cx&r&ov are superfluous to the sense and make the style awkward. The emendations on the other hand which give u --- are

only probable.

No. 27 w- - - :

E. I. T. 894 -ra)Aatva, Tra'2atva - -

895 rtq av o05vTa' av IV6N 3, n po-trocq - -u -u -u

896 ri TCov a6oxTrWV - - -

(895-899 lectio incerta: ... lacunam statuunt r L' <rpL'ov> 'rv &zoxz-'ov WEIL: r'T <['aov 'r(5V3' Ov> r&v BRUHN). The text seems reasonably sound but the dochmiac forms would be unique and the metrical context is not clear. In this passage 1.894 is preceded by three dochmiacs, what follows is of mixed character, and therefore there is no a priori certainty- and it is possible that this line, as well as 896, belong to the non-dochmiac clausula in the mixture. Both lines are expunged by WECKLEIN as superfluous.

No. 28 u - - - : S. Ant. I289a xi qgg?, c ;ra!, t'va: X*y'L [ot VI ?O6yOV (6 7rcoX r'VOC: X 7t6rr0& MENGE: uoL v?0ov ?o6yov LArec: ,LOL V?oV SEIDLER: v6ov ?0V X6Oyov TURNEBUS: Ve'oV [LOL ovco DONALDSON): the text is clearly un-

reliable; the dochmiac form u - - u would, if established here, be unique.

No. 29 u uu u - -: A. ScTh. 9ogb 0oe 7tLCoXoL . XOov6; It-', te

71aVreg: the text seems sound but -rcvr'e gives a brevis in longo and some scholars emend the text, e.g. 7r&v'eq tre XOovo6, TUCKER. E. H. F. I05I 99ovog 6'aog ob' . . . Ay a J: even if MURRAY'S arrangement is sound the text admits



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of other interpretations, namely if Xc a then u UU 'u u -. E. Hel. 694b ?F? 8 rOctxPL8o &-o : *amd7rorzov deatav u Wu uu - -: if &p'iocLv then the form of the dochmiac is u ku -u u -. The text has been suspected and the metre is clearly unreliable.

No. 30 W' WJ WJ - -u: A. Ag. II76b [,U?C?L 7aH& . yoee' Oavaroqoea (Oxvoc-rq- Tricl.), if the reading Oxvoc'Xpop6p is accepted; see above p. 2. E. H. F. 888b "& Z&i, To &v yevo; ayovov avrtxa (e"yovov P): the sense requires &yovov and the form of dochmiac may be considered certain. E. Tro. 269a 1t TO6 g)axEg; caQ pOt . ak)Lov XZ6(CL; (269, 270 del. BRUHN): the text is not objectionable and in spite of the mixed context the dochmiac may be considered certain. E. Tro. 247a 'Aaxe -rxog, evve=e TX?c4,uovx Kca&vapocv; (V9WTCr VP: bV?et SEIDLER): SEIDLER'S spelling restores a very common form of dochmiac, and this deprives the example of evidential value. E. Hel. 687& bt' ,um xamre&aaro . 866yaytoq aiX6vav (4ie LP: &,&aV PORTUS): text seems corrupt and metrical context not dochmiac. E. Or. I50 bMRV?Xc Xvoc o-

,ievo; avovrprov a-: the manuscripts have Mevk)mog vocaVOCXO6voq .u A -u

- u- -, and the usual arrangement of lines I50I-I502 looks highly artificial. Therefore a very doubtful example.

No. 32 u - - 'u: E. Tro. 239b rod&, qliat Tecoa6eg, * 8 p3oq iv

sBacr (ppy8ae P: yuv x-e V): the slight divergence among scholars con- cerning the beginning of this line does not affect the dochmiac; the reading yuvZxxg of V on the other hand gives in the second part of the line the sequence -- u - u

2. The Hexasyllable: u - - u-

The sequence u-J - - -, called here after DALE an 'hexasyllable', is a colarion which occurs frequently enough in dochmiac contexts. In most cases, however, the text admits an alternative scansion, but there are perhaps instances where one has to admit it as an independent sequence related to the dochmiacs.

i. Certain examples: S. Ant. I2751 d4Loc Xx7r -rov avre& v Xaedv (Xraxn Iov L rec et noverat Eust.: &cXaT-rov A) I299b )CXoc, -r'o vocva *ra 7eorfl)ALet vexqOv. (T'69v' 9vovra A I"": t&8' ?vovTta L rec: r6v 8'

ivocv-bcx rec.: 'r6vg' 9vocTL T): the syllabic correspondence shows that the hexasyllables are certain. E. Tro. 31 ,saxdetog o ya1uerag (,.uax. p.Yv HERM.) kJ-R ~" . - '_ 328 rv'xat- o Xoeo'g 6'caog - .uu t-Q: the text seems sound and though the passage is not exclusively dochmiac these two examples may be considered certain since they occur between two certain dochmiacs. E. Bacch. 983 i7 axoAo'og iETral - 0 0 - IO13 -o0Tog 'rE OEC&v "qv ('q: fort.

7repl MURRAY): though the passage contains some iambic metra these two examples, since they occur between certain dochmiacs, may be considered probable.




2. Examples attested by the manuscripts but emended: A. P. V. 572b e epWV 7r7pG)V xVV?yET8E, rAavai u -u - -: emended by HERMANN to xuvxyECX, tXOCva W - u -; cf. also G. BJ'ORCK, Das Alpha Impurum, p. 232.

S. Ant. 1341a 5g ve T-' avTav, C$ot :O . oq, oU' ax' (xo c0 'r' codd.: ca r'

HERM. OCxiroCV codd.: axi5 o'av' SEIDLER) - - - : text and metre are cured by the conjectures. E. Hec. 714 &PPr ' &vcv6oa'r, OMcpa,v ? 715b

? ocs uL' o 5R' &v .xTa. 7oi b6xa 4VA'v (6am M: corr. M2) - - -

7 - -: the text has been suspected; WILAMOWITZ suggested &pps-r' av6)vopascra. IoT) 8ica Uvev 3ia., whereas NAUCK's 7roV Oeov 8' ac (apparently scanning OCcXv) gives - - - . E-- - . Hec. io83a -r6vc0v ,4zJv qAat . OW'Optov xoXtav (4FSv:[ou HARTUNG) u - u - u - u -

- :. WILAMOWITZ, OP. cit., p. 333 n. I, suggested 'ixvcov cptXoc~ .' 6?X6OpLov

xoE:rav - - l - - -- ia. + do., HARTUNG's conjecture gives u- u- . E. Ion 692 bdoov rv'xav 0', o nat-g . .. u - u- (69I, 692 vulgo corruptissimi dicuntur, MURRAY: 9XeL . aO'6v r6yav o 67ra NAUCK)

7IO Tveavvi3og qtAa. u - u- u- (-rupvv(8o4: xrpxvvoq HARTUNG. Post pXoc lac. ind. CANTER ... TvQavs'i'og q2Aa WILAM.): the context is a mixed one with dochmiacs in the majority; colometry uncertain. E. Ion. I472a rcr;g e&rag; Ke. aAtoOev *6 yeyova &XXOev - -- - -. u 'u - u -: the first colon resembles an hexasyllable but with the first syllable long. The context is a mixed one and the line may even, though it would seem arbitrary, be 2ia. cr. (WILAMOWITZ prints &MoOev <a')> thus making the line an ia. tr.). E. Hipp. 593a Ira cev7rxa y&Q de'qnr VE, 8L& O' XXuaocL (7t'c yotp .. oXXuaocL in ras. scr. L.: xp67' &poC SEIDLER) u - U- k. - : k,; - : there is no manuscript variation in the text and no fault is to be found with the sense; it would be hazardous to interpret the line as 2 ia. cr., since the context requires dochmiacs. SEIDLER'S emendation gives u - tJ- -. E. Phoen. i83a xEeav'vtov Ts qCxig MOact60, aro OL (6 xepcuvo- cp&5q reddit E: xepacuvi NAUCK) u - -

- U - -: NAUCK's emendation disposes of the hexasyllable giving - - - . E. I. T. 859 &oAiav OT 9yo,uav (U6XL' 6T' HERM.: fort. 'C aoXocv

EX'tpv 0latv o'-re cl. Tro. I13 MURRAY) u - - -: HERMANN's emendation eliminates the hexasyllable. E. Hipp. 879b ot0v ot et .ov ev yeaqatg usAogu- u - u-: the preposition is considered superfluous and was deleted by WILAMOWITZ, the line then containing two hypodochmiacs.

3. Doubtful examples: S. El. I239 aAA' ov3 Taxv 'Ae,t4lv * rav alev ad,ifrav ---v- * -- --- (XX' del. SEIDLER JACKSON

'o&v: t& 'o&v rec. ,ua t&v "Ap're,.Lv et 'etl HARTUNG) I260 Tt0 o&V av avtav . ye cov- negvoTa; W- -U U (t cL{ A oiv &v &Wocv L2' A rec: oLv &Wav L rec: av&v o?iv &ocv rec)

so DALE (The Lyric Metres of Greek Drama, p. II4) who calls the metra of 1.I239 dragged forms of hexasyllable. PEARSON'S emended text (I239 &'X



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ov 'av "ApTrALv 'a?v I260 &.oCV U I26 o 'iq v 'v aoi y? c?NV6'0) 1,

obtains in the first part of both lines --- - - - - - - -

respectively2. E. Hipp. 840a t rtvog xA)c; r'Oev O. OcvoakLtoq tjx, (trvooq codd. et r: otvc KIRCHHOFF, rVCV X?4% -uxv, 7r6'OV OocvaLLoQ WILAM.) U - -

- . U -U - 84I y'vat, a v e fla, . oc'aLvoc xocpaLocv; t (et6f3oc MA yp. V2: ' XocLV' "foc xopaLocv ELMSLEY) u - - . - u u : the text is

suspected and the metre seems irregular, ELMSLEY'S transposition is not quite convincing. Better perhaps to adopt s'tvoc in 1. 840 (see WILAMOWITZ's note ad loc.) and read xpa'tocv in 1. 84I? The metre then becomes u uu u : u

uu u u

- u-- -. u u .E. Rhes. 456 qQvov ayua;ov v7ra,rog w u - - ' 822 -ro'-r' a'' e`yo)ov, Jm oot (xmxoxv 4LoXev DINDORF) Juw ku u U -: since there is serious corruption in the passage and in 1.456 the synaphea is neglected the perfect correspondence is not here a safe indi- cation that we have hexasyllables3.

4. Hexasyllables in other or not strictly dochmiac contexts: A. Suppl. I20=I3I tVV Aact'dt 2ivotatv n' (OCx'lA rUV WILAM. X?lVQLalV f I20 M, MIVOCLVn

13I M: XLVoaLVc! BtCHELER) - u - U -: BtCHELER'S emendation gives - tOw u- but it scans preferably - - 2 pae. A. ScTh 782

bt'6vua xa6x' 8Te2r8v 789 bta Xeet no-r8 aaX8Tv (&xaXepLa m codd.: corr. POR- SON): u u u u u u >>membrum obscurum(( WILAMOWITz ad. loc., may be interpreted, besides the resolved hexasyllable (DALE), as sp. cr. (KOSTER) 4. A. Eum. I59 v'37x cpevag, V37ox Ao,Bov I65 n8Qt ro'a, n8et% xa'Qa: metrical

interpretation not certain, 2 pae. (WILAM.), hexasyllable (DALE), do. uu - (DENNISTON). E. Ion 689 E'96' O r8 fTa'oe-rat ' - - 706

xaLA(p2oya nd)avov s -w uu' , colometry uncertain; WILAMOWITZ'S

conjecture aao?rw. cures the. metre giving u-'u - - -u - u

wU5. E. Ion I448b a6VXupar & o-x ' og jov6; w'OEv I ?4osPv XOP%v

wu -wu- . U - U U -- - u - : an obscure case where an

1 sindisputably mistaken#, JACKSON Margin. Scaenica, p. I03. 2 WV. KRAUS, Strophengestaltung in der griech. Trag. (Sitz. W. Ak., 23I. 4) P. I56

suggests that )vielleicht ist "ApreVxv ein Glossem fur etwas wie x6pocv, oder S. schrieb 1XV'o6 Tocv odev I "ApTZeLv &c-,r;ocv (wie 0. T. I245 '0v %8 A&tocvoV 7ro' . vexp'v) mit durch syll. anc. isolierten Dochmien, Ausdruck des Pathos#.

3Corrupted and metrically ambiguous is also E. H. F. 1057a avvax' a6v'vaTar Itot A . tya 7rvo'cq [oOco - ' U k U- U - -?

4 DENNISTON in Greek Poetry and Life, p. I30 interprets it, less probably, as a dochmiac u WUj Wu -.

DALE, Op. cit., p. 114 interprets as hexasyllables: E. Ion 686 betyaivwt av/tfpoav - - - - U - - 705 XOCI Oe0aL ,N Tl)X L - - - -; better perhaps - - -

- - mol. + cr., or - (u) - - - u - sp. ia. E. Phoen. I02i Ka6lscl)v dexayd - - - - u - - I045 19nfalowv Ta'v6e yav u -, which is also mol. +

cr. E. I. T. 653 q)ei p9iY, 6to'AAvaat- - - u-, better sp. ia. E. Heracl. 8 i UVLXo0 x X Oe Aao6v; 7 7eQa -, better - u - - (u) - . - ia. sp. ia.




hexasyllable appears to be admixed with anapaests. Colometry uncertain and a brevis in longo (noOiv) occurs in the above interpretation, while the two metra are closely united. The arrangement of WILAMOWITZ is preferable:

suv6xupa' & axX7o4 7 ovo; 'A --J- - ,-

7t Oev X ?AopLv ocpcv; - _ -

Likewise in E. Or. I264a iiel -evOf6', a :t 7 XXLVOCXV /I284a Ti fe82aCs

ol xart' 0 xolv eV a UXy( instead of interpreting the line as u - u - uu-WU - it would be better to scan with WILAMOWITz and MAAS: -

- - -u u -, iambelegus.

3. Hypodochmiacs

The sequence - u- - is found in both dochmiac and non-dochmiac contexts; the present discussion, and the use of the term hypodochmiac, will be confined to its occurrence in dochmiac contexts.

The examples are as follows: A. four certain examples, four dubious. S. two probable examples. E. fourteen certain examples, twelve dubious or suspected. (i) Hypodochmiacs in antistrophic correspondence:

A. P. V. 584 8vyJt6TOv, Jvat ' 604 aaZ)a uot toeCwg, both examples though occurring in a mixed context may be regarded as certain. A. ScTh. 566b

IvoO{Ov avApxv, e. Osoo Oeoi' 629b 1L7.LXOi LpyV -IC' 6' 8XTo0V laAv

(exr Oev in fine coli sub emx uZ in v. 627 H), another couple of certain examples. A. Pers. 96I rayfadTava )tno' - - 973 rad6e ' & avceQo1av

, or kA t&j - (96I r&yPx'TVocv M: -xxxovx rell.: 'Ay-cPvoC WEIL sed cf. WACKERNAGEL Herm. 58, I923, 464 973 7rv0p6ZpV0V MEINEKE:

enocvepop.cc codd.): the form 'AyocfxPBocavcx if accepted gives perfect correspondence with 1.973, but the only forms occurring are 'Aypr3avm or 'Ex,3ccavoc. The context is mainly anapaestic: 2 anapaestic lines + 2 lec. + 2 anap. and then this sequence closes the short stanza. These examples are dubious. A. P. V. 576b LC L r6roL, . ayO o / o6 t Ty.oe '7rXXyXT0oL 7rCwv (7t6&rot SEIDLER: r:0o -toZ 7roTLOC =67rot fere codd. &cyouoTt <octK > TT. metri gr. scr. MAZON): MURRAY'S division gives u -u -u u - * - - , namely a hypodochmiac in the middle of the line in responsion to u - - - in the antistrophe (1.595). Though the rhythm is dochmiacl the text is in both lines uncertain.

E. Or. I4oa oTya oTy%a, 28.cvov 'GXvoq 0pf6X? (aZyoc aZyoc P: aXyoc atyoc

MBAVL) - - - w J - -Is 3a Ci- 8t; )Ldyov * X

1 MAZON'S 7rOZ 0L' &ayOVrL <cL'8> r- gives - u - - u -.



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XLa- - - i - -: two certain examples. Likewise E. Bacch. I175 tog OQav raea II9I TOV8e ,iatva1bag. E. Andr. 835 asI6ebQaxalIEv 6oatv (del. NAUCK) - - - ' 839 xoc'u I earog dvOMezotg- -

these sequences form the clausulae of a short mixed passage where no other dochmiacs occur. E. Hipp. 850 99'4yog ae)tov if scanned - u - should correspond to the phrase 832 xvxav 6asovcv - -V-: but the normal scansion being _aeXou1 this hypodochmiac is dubious and the sequence - - -u could in the present arrangement apparently be only a dodrans B. Because of these difficulties ENGER suggested nkct &Xtou -- - ; an alternative would be to read (as MERIDIER has done) OCeXou cpyyoq -U

or (better?) cpe'yyoq ov LOU - - LccvC4V '6xS -

. E. Aic. 213b ~ Zx3, ' av [7tq] *. a r no'eog xaxJov - - u : the interpretation of this line as dochmiac + hypodochmiac suggested by DALE

(Op. Cit., P. II2-II3)-and thus it resembles the opening of the kommos 393 4o6-is probable, but the text is uncertain and the corresponding line

broken.

(ii) Hypodochmiacs without responsion: A. P. V. 688a ovior' o&roT' qv: Xouv <68e> ivouc (wVX6[nv MV yp P J8s

hic WILAM., post primum o=oO' add. WECKLEIN) - - - t ---

- t: though in the second part of the line the text is at least incomplete the first part seems sound. The hypodochmiac is definitely offered by the tradition and the context is clearly dochmiac.

S. El. 246 xEtErat )a - - - 247 Oa 6' A 7lV - - -:

though the context is a mixed one and there is no certainty that these metra should be associated with the dochmiac component, these phrases are better scanned as hypodochmiacs than syncopated ia. (SCHROEDER). Most of E.' hypodochmiacs occur in Astrophia: E. Ion 798a owov olov )A.: yoc 9r:aOov, pLtxL

- u uu - u -, is a certain example. E. Ion I49oa7.aiyav' a,u- pt,flo1a . coL rc'8' ivi5a, xep- (ta&a LP) - u -uu - -. E. Or.

I382b Op&yLov &oru xadl. xaAA;#c)i ov 1- U wu - u - - u - - (xoca M: om. ABLP xocABoXov M): text and metre seem sound. E. Phoen. I32 aAAog dAlog M's . reuXe(&v rp0'7oq (&XWoc &X V: corr. v) - - w v

-: the form - - u is very rare, but there is no other reason to question the text. E. I. A. I290b 'II 6aog 11yer' EA8YEc' .&v (Dpuy&ov 7c6X?L - u u & u.vu - - -: with the present division (accepted by most scholars 2) both dochmiac and hypodochmiac are certain. E. Or. I384 [aeua'retov

ae . TCLOV ,ULkXOc] - V - V - - V -(384 om. 7et ape7Lyp ocp'V apud E, secl. editores); I385a flaealco fo: * 8L' OpvLO4Yovov - u- -

--v (tOC .r0 'j- opvLO6yovov codd.: corr. PORSON): 1I384 perhaps origi-

1 The only exception recorded in LSJ. s. v. where the scansion is a- is S. Tr. 835. 2 WECKLEIN divides 'I8gocro &Wyer' 1X&ye' &v Opuy&v rr6XeL, 3 ia.




nated in some stage direction, though there is no fault with the metre; in 1.I385 ,3apf3&py f3oa is a certain example. E. Hipp. 879a o Ov o Ov ei.OV IV

yp cpcya ,uiXoq (ev del. WILAM.): the manuscript reading gives to the second part of the line an hexasyllable, see above p. 7; text and metre in the first part of the line seem certain. E. Ion 719a u rzox' sl euav .6 7?'Xv 'tXo0' o 7r0CX, - - (zT0?: 7coO' LP: 't 7r0' HERMANN): HERMANN's suggestion completes the dochmiac but .' rL... `z0Lt0 is an unconvincing expression.

The following examples are dubious: E. Hipp. 852b c ) taXoCq . rdTaa 6'aov xocx.Ov ?XSL F .t4oq (6 (yp.l6) 'o&Xaac. ?Nc. 6 rakXocq M t6 L6 caogC MONK:

0 -aaocq, 6 (I6 1) t&xocx VBLP 6o 7'0&oc bis A sine pers. nota) u - u u u-.:~j uj - u -: Text and interpretation uncertain; besides the

exclamations involved the text accepted by editors varies. E. Hec. I033b Oac-

v&CaX,ov rp6 "AL.bav, )o -ra'Aag (6 rec) u wu u - - - -, but it is better to read 0ocwV6XaLV0V TCp6 "A. t&av co rdAa; u uu - u --u - - u

E. Hec. io88 oc7t, '6 0pfX4 Xoy:.oqo'ov !'Vo- (ocl vel otc bis BAV: quater MLP) - ) _ *- u u , IO89 -7rXov ?`)L77oV ApL zXCkOr0V

y?voq u u - * u- - the arrangement is not certain; perhaps OaLoZ extra metrum, then

!P oX

&W 0pnXi ^y:. Xoy 0op6V po VOrov e- uu u -

2 dos. LuOv "ApeL xToXoov y6voq - - - - -

cr. + do.; if scanned"ApeL then the second line becomes -uu - uu - u an ibycean. E. Ion 789 oTrroTOTTOTOl (O'To'oT'Totroz PL, o'roTo'ToZrO primitus L, o'ro0oZoL

WILAM. r'v BADHAM: 10 LP d&rxvov ter P): exclamations are notoriously unreliable witnesses. Since the arrangement given above produces an awkward line, perhaps the passage is to be re-written:

0'o'To'roz, 'ov ,uov u u-u uu do. 5IZcxvov &OC'evov Bacx' s u uu uu u uu do.

a ,Mo'ov P pE - u- uuuz do. E. Ion I489a naqOgvta 6' luadg. <K?cOpa> ~,uo'poq (&xoc pro 4tac, BAD-

HAM: eviq <KX&(X> ,uar. s. paq <K'rep> ,uar. JACKSON, <cp6r3cp> WILAM., ?oWOpa

MURRAY, <KL10OCnt> PARMENTIER) - U - - - * - : the hypodochmiac is uncertain since it depends on the position of the supplement. The composition of 1. 1490 (hyp. + do.), however, may indicate that 1. I489 probably consisted of a hypodochmiac + dochmiac. E. Tro. 308a coxg q'weco

Bco- .: qx6y(. - ou6, a-o -u - u- u - - or better (ypspo VP Schol. Ar. Vesp.: ypep? Schol. Ar. Av. I720) u u- u-: the text is reasonably certain but owing to the fact that the exclamations 8ou 'ou come in the manuscripts LP at the end of 1. 3IO, text as given and interpretation are dubious. E. I. T. 870a 6eiv' gr)Aav, CJot - - -, a hypodochmiac (DALE,

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op. cit., p. I12): better iXotv i.e. a do. . E. I. A. I300a HaRdaq 4iole xaz: aoL6Oyppv K67rpLc (fort. Hloc?2Cq 'r' MURRAY) - U

- -: the arrangement is uncertain (SCHROEDER for instance following WECKLEIN'S arrangement scans gvOoc ... Kv7rpLq - u - u,'u u -

. -). This and the fact that the case is so easily curable by <K'> render the hypodochmiac dubious. E. Rhes. 68o 6$eio beieo Za (verba 5i5po 36po wasq <&v'p> post au=c- 677 transp. HERMANN, 86ipo a?Vpo <8Kupo> wras DINDORF,

36po 7riq lVo. OR. OkpaeL. Xo. 7tX0ocq 'Lo, tC?ze 7rr& WILAM., V. 685 huc traiecto) - u- u-: the phrase 8eupo s36po -x5q is sound; the only reason for altering the text here is the presence of the hypodochmiac.

4. The colon u ---

The sequence u --- occurs in anumberof Euripidean passages', perhaps with greater frequency among dochmiac contexts, where, however, an alternative scansion is sometimes possible. The prevailing view is that it should be classified as a kind of syncopated dochmiac resulting from the form s-J

- - when the second anceps of the latter was suppressed, i.e. u-

(kj) - 2. See J. D. DENNISTON in Greek Poetry and Life, pp. I4I-I42, Id. Electra, p. I37 and J. JACKSON, Marginalia Scaenica, p. 38.

(a) k-' --- in dochmiac contexts: E. H. F. 750 ia$ ,uolyfiot, where the exclamation forms a separate metron and it is not admixed with the dochmiacs of the passage. The interpretation of such an example as dochmiac is dubious, for as DENNISTON (Electra, p. I24) noted <(we are not even certain that such exclamations are subject to definite metrical principles)>. 'I 6uot loL recurs in Tro. I237, El. II67, Phaethon frg. 78I N.2 1. 65, ibid. 75, Antiope (PAGE G. L. P., no. io) 1. 48. H. F. 1024C a&Le, rTex'[4VO, *Xuaca&l auYXOP. y6ow ,io4Qa (aG podpa suppl. KIRCHHOFF) - uu uk- .. - - - ---: WI-

LAMOWITZ counts this case as an anomalous dochmiac; there is no reason other than metrical for suspecting the text, and alteration is difficult. KIRCHHOFF'S

reading which supplies <a6> omitted by haplography, like JACKSON'S aV aZ 'txeoc rppyovo -Tex6OFevoq uOLgpc I Xuaa&L auyxKa'pycac [&)], aa'ce, gives two

dochmiacs to the line.

(b) U - in non-dochmiac contexts: E. Ion I494b &v(c 8' &v'pov ep-:

uov ot()VCov: the text could also be interpreted as anap. + impure ia., uu- -u - - -. The same applies to Hel. 657b &X6x yrov !W :. crs neo;

xrEevotg; 68ob FapLV WI, &c'oL.ro -;ru;; avi6a; 681b Kxrpq o ,' (1r. e. C>Ev. . -C TrAdyov; Hypsipyle (PAGE G. L. P., no. 12) 1. 239 &oJaTL6v

,ldh' Cr-rewv.

1 As far as I have been able to find out no example of this colon occurs in the dochmiac passages of either A. or S.

2 Cf. WILAMOWITZ, Eur. Herakl. I022-I024 'mit unterdriickung der letzten senkung'; SCHROEDER's notation is S - -.




From the above survey of all available material' it follows that there is no good evidence in favour of the sequence u - - - being interpreted

as a syncopated form of dochmiac. We note further that the sequence - - occurs mainly: (i) in exclamations of the phrase xx pot ,LoL2.

(ii) in a few cases where an impure iambic is perhaps admixed with anapaests.

5. Dochmiacs with irrational anceps (a) Examples attested bi the Manuscripts and certain or probable: A. Eum. 837=870 E 3a0E8& Tac5e, 9fEV, - -: a certain example

if the exclamation counts; it is very unlikely that the exclamation is here extra metrum since we should then have to accept the last syllable in the line as a brevis in longo in order to have a complete dochmiac.

A. ScTh. 89I atal baqLo'vtot -- -u -

892 aial 6' avrt'o'vcov --- u -: though the text could in

either case scan as sp. cho. the antistrophe shows that we have in fact dochmiacs with irrational anceps I-- 904 bt' 'Lv a'voio 'otg (904/5 o6poLv 8uoZv RADERM.: cf. 922) u - - -; 905 bt' Ov vElxog 9fla s- - - -u

A. Suppl. 350a ME j'yav d I%riv cpuy aoc 7pr8pOpov (p?yocv: AZ -&v STEPH.)

'3 'J&uu J -36ia V 6 7rae' Odityovov p.&coz yEpoCLO6cpp(v u u'- - uu : since the sense of the manuscript reading in 1. 350 is admittedly absurd STEPHA-

NUS' emendation, though creating a dochmiac with irrational anceps, seems unavoidable and because of the responsion the two examples may be counted for certain.

S. Aj. 88I -r( T'OtAvptd6wv j Oe&V, U - U3' - 'U3 - 927/Io!Qav d7etSe8at)v J 7r0vCov. 0Zo0' -u'-x : two certain examples. Likewise S. Aj. 884 Bornoetowv =oxay,cc6v - w 929 ravvvXa xat 7as'OovT'

E. Or. I247a -ra reJra xar&a Hfe2a>{y0v 8oq 'Apye'wv (7pC' &v& HAR-

TUNG, xoC-r& et I) - - .- - I267 xoeawort b6o-r8 ncv.:t 36X& PcrxpUXv (XO6pCc XLao'Cale CANTER) u uu --: owing to the responsion these examples are certain.

(b) i. Examples attested by the Manuscripts but easily emendable: S. Aj. 358a a'At'av og -'flag. XaOv 7rkcxv, (&Xomv HERMANN: fort. oXtov

Oc o' e,o0C PEARSON) - -: HERMANN's conjecture easily cures the metrical rarity.

E. Heracl. I03 boTaeO&El2tV or E8 ('lt0XL7reZv SEIDLER a' :c' MUSGRAVE, secl. MURRAY) W -- -: atoXL7reZv for TCG?eL7rewLV easily restores normality

1 A few cases mentioned by JACKSON, OP. cit., p. 37 are here omitted as improbable. 2 Exclamations create the sequence j - - - in non-dochmiac contexts also; e.g. among

ia. tr.: A. P. V. 742; S. Aj. 333:336:339 (1' McZ 7r at): 385:89I:893 (Pcr TrX&4v): 935: 939:974: 0. C. I98; E. Andr. 825: Ion 752:754: El. II4 I29 etc.

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in metre. E. Hipp. 585a 'ax&v ,'v xAVw, afps 8' o x ?'XCO (yp. (V Z, L&V II WEIL: &X;CV ELMSLEY) - - -: The reading LOv given by the papyrus explains the corruption in the manuscripts and disposes of the singular sequence given by the manuscript reading as does also ELMSLEY'S emendation. E. Hipp. 670a Ttlva vvv ) T'xvav * xop.ev - <L'vocq> (-cNOC viv i LPD 1: rtvoc vuv MAVB ('tvoc, vu5v B2), -{v' auI viuv NAUCK) - - - : -nV' VUV 'Xvocv is a very easy change. E. Hipp. 82,b xOCrocxov& ,U?v OUV dflkOTo flitov (&Cf3LOTo4 M (et 0): o& vwoq rell.) - u-; 868a d3fiwroTg flt'OV '6XOC tTCpO6 TO- XPOCVOeVtL 'ru- yeiv t (4tcorog ABV) wu - - u- : in both cases the irrational anceps is avoided by printing d,3kotoo, a spelling accepted metri gratia only here. E. Hipp. I276b y.?tV Op60xo66v : OtxvAdcbtov 7reAayAOv O' (Ire avXt. WEIL: axtCusCV WILAM.)

w- uA- ~J-: there is no reason, other than the metrical point at issue, for

altering the text. E.Tro. 239bCo6E, cpLXOCt yuvaOt , 6 Opfog iyv tciAat (yuveOxe V:

Tppo'a P) u-' k-' - - - or u u- u _ -: the reading of Pis preferable, see

above p. 6. E. El. II52b r I va' rovtoQ. Q. c%E)T'W ft /2, yvat, (aXjrr a, 't

,U? LP: a;(eB0oc SEIDLER: aC?TxLo4 - WEIL) w - -u u : with SEIDLER'S

correction the irrational anceps is eliminated but in respect of style and normal usage C a;t?X[La is much likelier than ( ae?XLO`. E. I. T. 859b E xXLOcv X&Xtp,V I oAtav (-T dyyo'/2ar (oBXL' ZGT' HERMANN: fort. ' aoXxov ?extpwv XkaLV 6-n' MURRAY) - -: the reading 86XLov easily disposes of this

kind of dochmiac.

2. S. 0. T. I350 voYo0 eIttobttag ). vAvaev cO' rs qo'vov (vocu'a ELMSLEY e7r?

7r6a4 MtLLER ?Xuac(v) GRALC: Xot ' Lac rec E: g)cxp' ELMSLEY) U UW - U' - u~' u' U' k' ~-: the text is uncertain; in the first part of the line both

sense and construction break down if the manuscript reading is kept and a dochmiac with irrational anceps is created. Either conjecture would apparently cure sense and metre. In the second part of the line the text is unmetrical; if Xoce' t' is adopted then a dochmiac with irrational anceps is created. ELMS-

LEY's conjecture eliminates it. S. 0. C. 84ib 7rpoaO CT, X&. CE fldx', E'vto'ot

(6v-oto BRUNCK) u - - u- -: BRUNCK'S emendation introduces the normal

poetic form of the adjective and by disposing of the irrational anceps makes perfect syllabic correspondence with the antistrophe. E. Med. I252a dexTi 'AeAe'ov, * xaoticr ' a-cr 'r&v ('AX(ou HERMANN) - - : 'ALou for 'Ae?Iou eliminates the irrational anceps. E. Med. I259b y X 7OwaoV, . eA,' O'txa)v povtav I a'cXcxmv c' 'Eptv'uv ... (I259-I260 suspecta cpovLov TaS'Xov&v

r' codd.: 'raXoctvocv gov'Lcv t' SEIDLER) u - - w -: the metrical context is certain; SEIDLER'S transposition easily disposes of the irrational anceps. E. Hec. 1027a ajdEoaag tlorOV -. - w HERMANN'S reading rMLov eliminates the irrational anceps. E. Phoen. I75b C rowpoCcvo. Ovya-eQ 'Aet'ov ('Asot codd. et E et Il: o Aro5o post BADHAM NAUCK) u W - : the reading 'A?Iou easily disposes of the irrational anceps.




(c) i. Examples attested by the Manuscripts in corrupt contexts: E. Bacch. 998b 7trp. B&xxL', o`p* yta UaTQo'g mr r - - -: in the first

part of the line the only fault apparently is that a short syllable is needed to complete the dochmiac and the supplement aac seems appropriate; the second part is without blemish and the example seems likely'.

E. Ion 69Ia I ' EV?mu' X | tAXAV 0 O WCX ... (08e '1 U ?Xz LP ( 7rO8 o rtO' 1): t6 8' T' eU(P. MURRAY: -OC8Ze Oeou ypyjoc NAUCK, 'OC' E y7] t KU<yXLV> PARMENTIER) - - - : there is nothing to correspond to this phrase in the antistrophe, the metre admits of alternative interpretation and the sense is imperfect.

2. A. ScTh. I49a or6 -r', d 3AaroyvevEt ox xoupo, ,6o'v kuxzokou, j- -

there are other difficulties (responsion breaks down in three places), but there is no other objection to the phrase where the irrational anceps occurs. Therefore the example is counted as probable 2 A. Cho. 955 (0ov'q wrPOpoc- tev adbo'A)o t bozt'ag (8oXcq M: 86Xto HERMANN: 80X?oLc SCHUYTZ: 80'0oG HEADLAM: &?ocv GROENEBOOM e E) t - t -: the text is clearly corrupt and the example unreliable.

E. Hipp. 364b Xoav Mrc * t rtlv aav qtt'av xo'vUCGL cppviv (ycpL v MAV: y'Locxv LP: pLt0CXV Yppev()V MURRAY vid. habere E, aliis ypXckv pp'vo [unde cpL'Xav cppevo B, cp?XLOCV ppevCv B1]: a&xv, pL?o, ELMSLEY: GCLV cpL?XcLV VERRALL)

- - : too corrupt to be worth considering. E. Tro. 24I C'et,V' i' 9EoYa)aAtia;g ;w'v iI 'DOLDaoL - u - s" -: the Astropihon where this sequence occurs has rare forms of dochmiacs (cf. 239a), resolved or dragged (244 , 247a, 252a and an odd line, 260) and no two editors agree on the arrangement of lines.

E..F758a &ppovcxXoyov1lo'eav' tvyjaxd'Qa)v .zcxarea'Po, a'q ̀p_ V_ the text has been suspected; the sequence - u u - - seems to correspond to 1. 745a . u- u uu. See further WILAMOWITZ, Eur. Herakl., ad. loc.

(d) Examples created by modern conjecture: 2. E. Phoen. 304a s J cv? | rol eo,scav EAXw to6og

POcaLV' LW I?&Cvov (7CO80 del. KIRCHHOFF: 7roal 'po~ep&?v owx. PaCnLV WILAM.: 7r8 ?DXCO, TpOF?ep&V f'aCLV MURRAY: 7roal TPo,Uv e,XXW [7ro8ak] fBaCLV JACK- SON): the manuscript reading is unmetrical and shows corruption; MURRAY'S conjecture, which creates a dochmiac with irrational anceps, cannot be considered probable. KIRCHHOFF'S and WILAMOWITZ'S conjectures give an 'iambic' line, JACKSON'S is not convincing. E. Rhes. 82Ia ,ueya; e'/iot' yEya; cr?, t * NCOGL0OXV zp&To4 (p,oL P:* ,L0L L ,U?yoC g6 vioL, peY%, 6, WILAM. pL,UTo ??, IVL, ,tLEz7 MURRAY post VERRALL ,U?10C ??, suT) W - - -: the text is

1 The alternative explanation by scanning opycoc is impossible, since there is no example of -toc being scanned as one short syllable.

2 A less likely analysis is by scanning AmToyiveLc, U - - U w U - - -u - u- -, but though epic correption within a word is known from elsewhere (e.g. S. Ant. 1310 8(XLtoq, E. Hipp. I70 yEpaca) the case of -?- would remain without parallel.



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uncertain and unmetrical since dochmiacs are needed; the emendation of WILAMOWITZ improves sense and metre but is not convincing; so is MURRAY'S, which creates the sequence u 'u_ - - .

(e) Examples which are indistinguishable from hexasyllables: E. H. F. I057 d6v'vaT ad6v'vaTa pot (& (& MURRAY) 86VX'T, 3UVOC& PLQ HERM.):

scansion not clear whether " wu,-. 'u-A u - or u u '. u. E. Rhes. 456 q)o'vov

aduaxov vza-rog -, 822 ro-T' a'e' 4'zo2ov, 6'rs iot; see above p. 8.

6. Lengthening of syllable before mute + liquid Lengthening before mute + liquid is very rare in dochmiacs; there is

only one certain example in Aeschylus; at least three examples in Sophocles and five in Euripides.

(a) Internally: i. Examples attested and certain: A. P. V. 593 700ev E,oi a0 ' -

a.'pg 6vop' &ut; - -- - : the text is sound and the metrical context is definitely dochmiac; this example is therefore certain. S. Aj. 995b O pa xOCrLvW'v *0vHi6v Eq9:5fle& - u- - : here

metrical correspondence favours the scansion kfuppt(?L (in the strophe we

have- u - i e -- - ntheantistrophe - u-"- - +

OUtlOV PU9pCSrL, where if &cpipLEcL is accepted then the correspondence becomes exact, - - ---). No change of the text has been suggested.

S. Aj. 956 ;ro)v3trag aviq (7roX&XroX Palat. gr. 40 et PORSON: 6 7oX. LA rec

Su) ' - - -: -toX5'r9Xocq being the reading of one manuscript and faultless

in all other respects is almost certain, as 6o 7coXoc would introduce hiatus

(955/6 Cpt43pL?eL 6 O o?X&CXg). S. Aj. 93I EX0o'' 'A-reilbaig - u- --

the metre is dochmiac and unless one scans 'A'rpe.&Lg is impossible to ob- tain a dochmiac; this example therefore seems very probable. S. Ant. i296a

rig aQa, rtig Ite 7ro .Log 9TL =pLtLkVSL u x- u - -, seems certain.

E. H. F. I045a %ara be &axev'og . cvo, 7tp4c3u, xal (xo'ok a's PL: xot cr I)

Uj wu -- : since it occurs in a purely dochmiac passage the lengthening may

be considered certain. Likewise E. H. F. II94a Ci'v 00oL- iat y Oa-ov e

7I8LOV OCU7LSTO, T -- ' -. E. H. F. I2I a Xo|0 )kvrog a ypLou Ou ?6v,

Cg (x='raZx libri: corr. ELMSLEY): since the context is dochmiac the scansion

ocypco) seems unavoidable. E. Hel. 673b ocxpucoc xocL .kaeov vyqatvco u wu---: the context is dochmiac and the scansion i3ypocv& seems certain.

2. Examples attested but easily emendable: A. ScTh. 205b 65? re a6pLyyeq . x2Aytav 9ATreoXot (&XocyEav codd. SXL-

X6TPOXOL LoWINSKI) - -- -: the criteria in this case are (a) that the pre- fix E?t- is meaningless; always 2Xtxo-, (b) that the lengthening sXvrp- would be almost unparalleled in A.'s dochmiacs, (c) the coincidence of these two facts justifies us in suspecting corruption and by an easy change 'Lxo6'xpoXot cures both faults. A. Ag. II28b r 7 7jrvj 3 * V_V6eq) revxet (<ev> ?YU'p SCHPTZ)

- - - -: the emendation while meeting the need of the preposition with




73trveL eliminates at the same time the metrical rarity. S. Aj. 880b &?XLocv V -

avdrvovg ayeag (cxp' &aCt7vou4 HERMANN) U - u -: HERMANN's emendation

gives a regular dochmiac and is otherwise attractive so that this example cannot be regarded as certain. S. Phil. 510b L ? .Xx &vact *'et5 'Alei6ag

-- - -: the lengthening is easily avoided by reading 'A'rpeaocq {OeL4

E. I. T. 832a xaTa be bdxev, xawra . e y60oc &oc xcpa (acxpu L: a&xpuz Aaxpuoc rec MUSURUS) U - U .: the text could easily be emended to xacrax E? 0XPU<M>, xaczoa, u uu uu u uu. E. I. T. 870 tEVs 8xa (l)Ol * suyo 7ap& ' oa xyov ? the context is certainly dochmiac and the scansion &SXmv would give a regular dochmiac; DALE (op. cit., p. I12) interprets it as - ---, a hypodochmiac. It is an uncertain case but the lengthening si perhaps preferable to the hypodochmiac interpretation. E. Phoen. 324a drinAog qpaQf63v * ?uxxv, <> ri6vov, - - : though on the whole the context favours dochmiac interpretation, the line might perhaps scan as anapaestic, thus avoiding both lengthening and synizesis; an obscure case'.

3. Examples where lengthening is created by modern conjecture: S. 0. T. I343b a7r(X&ye, j pLXOL, *r6ov OU1 Qov ,Eiyav (XkOpLov LO d.yav LA rec:

OX. ,u ryoc rec: ,Zy' 0?XOpLov ERFURDT: XeOpov tryxv TURNEBUS: 'oBOp6v [Le yzg BERGK) u u 'u - u -: the manuscript readings are metrically irregular and

defective in style. TURNEBUS' emendation 6XeOpov .ii?yocv (accepted by DAIN) was opposed by JEBB on grounds of diction but his objection is to my mind unconvincing 2. ERFURDT'S emendation introduces the lengthening before mute + liquid. The case cannot be decided.

(b) Initially: I. Examples attested and certain: S. El. 853 Eo01,zev d OQoE89 ('Op'v Lq (X OPY)v Z GERNHARD) DINDORF)

- - : though the context is not dochmiac the dochmiac character of this phrase is confirmed by the corresponding line 894O&GA07COq &o aW4 4oc. S. Tr. Io24b d& u zE - A-

1 E. Ion 1467a del)ov 6' dvd: . ?7reL u - u- cannot be dealt with here since the consonants pi like yA constitute special cases.

2 JEBB'S objection to the reading tov oXeOpov ui.yav was twofold: (a) with O'XOpov

[fyav the participle ovta has to be understood, (b) that oXeOpov is in this meaning (plague') colloquial. But (a) is not necessarily so as DAIN'S translation ('exdcrable fl6au') shows, (b) this meaning of O'?,Opoq occurs in Herodotus and some comic poets and therefore any objection to it cannot be a strong one, especially, in view of the fact that the Tragedians make use of abstract nouns when referring to persons e.g. A. Cho. I028 7rotpoxx'6vov J1;sza,. xOC O&v Ort yog etc.

3 E. H. F. 920 VL6XOOpa xOCx& Tr e,ItXBNovOcqTS 7rOCL'( OVxcs maq, u i -I -

u - - u-. The emendations of the text in 1. 9g9 suggested by DINDORF and

WILAM. do not affect 1.920 but after the 3 dos. of 11. 9I7-9I8 the text might be arranged: ?1ye, tvoc 'tpo'7rov gauro Oe6oev I b oOpa xocxz t8fe, ,uo - Ivq r 7rcaov atxyocr ; i.e.



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2. Examples attested but easily emendable: E. Hipp. 837b jvowLX xoV aTy 6 . Oavbv o0 trlaov, (Oocvev o 6 t?1,v LP,

OocvcV O TX&Cov axO'T ENGER) - -: the transposition suggested by ENGER disposes of the lengthening (the 1. becomes u- - u - u -

-) and should be accepted. E. Phoen. i66b 7sp' 8 'X | otq 3ktOLtLpL XpOvCo (,3&?oL,U' 'V HERM.) u - - -: HERMANN's emendation improves both metre and diction. E. Bacch. I021a y&AJvhrT roovr 7mCt) 7rpLoX

3po6xov (7rpoa'Cry yeX6vrt mal. MURRAY) -- the transposition eliminates the lengthening. E. I. A. I285a HtLa[zog 6'Ot oTE * f3peCpo4 &oC Ov

&'3Xe u & uu u - . u wu u u ' wu: perhaps to be read Hp ta[Loq oOM 7ror

fp?' pO PO4 '7rOCXO'V ?53?XEv U U J kU U UU U wU wU U -.

3. Examples where lengthening is created by modern conjecture: A. ScTh. 84 TiS Xiz,uEmrat (t, 0 QHI, UC'r vel Uct suprascr. (D Q: 'r{ M: ? ' MUR-

RAY) u- -; so the manuscript reading, but the context is wholly dochmiac and the text is beyond all doubt corrupt; what the tradition offers is a defective text, not an example of lengthening before mute + liquid. Since such a lengthening is very rare internally and unexampled initially in A., no mere conjecture which creates that lengthening (MURRAY'S text is meant to scan u - - u-)

can be regarded as scientifically methodical. It is imprudent to introduce this very rare device by conjecture at S. Aj. 886 ;roOi rrAaCd,evov, see above p. I-2.

7. Hiatus (i) Correptio Epica. Epic correption is rare in the lyrics of Tragedy; less rare in dactylic metres

than in others. There are very few examples in dochmiacs: (a) Where no exclamations are involved: S. Aj. 349b $oL vav5&'L, . UOVOl 4i65v qt)ov u -U -, text and epic

correption are certain. S.Aj. 412 rroeot akeoOot u i - , a certain ex-

ample. S. 0. T. 663a 'AAtov e'et 60og . &CPLoG o 'rt 7r6OC'0v u- V uu u -u:

the context is demonstrably dochmiac and the example is certain. S. 0. T. 686a pJatvelrat, 'vO' ' .V, ocroi5 ,Uv?V, - - -: a certain example. S. Ant. I33I iTharog- l'-rw, F ' t', ' U- Wu U-, a certain example. S. Phil. 854a ,uaAta Vr' - vtV6?v miO7. u .- uu u -u, a certain example.

E. Hec. io67a Eee p o',u6zwv . a3??aocpov - ' u -, a certain example. E. Tro. 269a Tt -ro' g)axes; dea ot4.c i eX&0ov ?e6Caoe; u Wu

-u -u: see above p. 5-6.

The following examples are either doubtful or conjectural: A. Suppl. 435 ,uZVet tbe8wXTet'VeV (M: t.L6veL Xp &TLve&v ABRESCH, AP?L XTLv SEIDLER, 8p'P 'r{ve BOISSONADE) u- - ---: the manuscript reading is corrupt; ABRESCH'S conjecture l6vRC ocp) CXI1VrV '.' '-' s - -, creates a unique example of epic correption in A.' dochmiacs.

S. Aj. 350a ,UvotVl ' -etEVov.itZ Ope% v6op (pOvoL t49 HERMANN: FO'VoL T'

LA rec: uo6voL Su. s. 4pOF v6O,co) u - - - _ - -: HERMANN'S conjecture improves the diction and the sense but creates the epic correption.



The Dochmiacs of Greek Drama 4I

S. El. I239 rav atE'v a&6,urav ('T&v: Fm' T&v rec aLx?v: aLe HARTUNG) -

- : the manuscript reading gives a hexasyllable for which see above p. 7. HARTUNG'S &e creates the epic correption. S. Ant. I3IO bet2atog EyJo, qep3 qei5 (cpei3 pe: ocxoac ERFURDT, secl. SCHROEDER, LU BRUHN) - - -

the manuscript reading is unmetrical; ERFURDT'S conjecture gives the dochmiac needed but creates epic correption.

E. Andr. 856a o')se f2' o0L8 [E 6r4qab6) ao'tg.g oUx?&' ivoLXYa (codd.: ,u' del. SEIDLER, 370C&N rNO6TL del. I Ta' oux'' SEIDLER: Ouxe'tL rc~a [TF B]) U -

- - - U-: the text is uncertain; on;o3 7t6aL is apparently a gloss

and the remaining gives for the line the sequence u - u- () - u -

- -. The conjecture is the only possible way of restoring a dochmiac. E. Hec. 692 ac yE5ea [[ t] naXaEt (,' del. HERMANN: ,U? aXTae& BLAYDES)

-: text doubtful and the example of epic correption uncertain. E. Rhes. 822 -ro'' 'a'' E`/-oA', o'rE aot I 0"yyeXoq (kRoX' LP, e?A0Xov V1) u Wju Wu~ u -: the form 4LoX' is for the first person impossible and editors adopt

4'[oXov thus scanning or6, u uu -u u uu. (b) Where exclamations or exclamatory forms are involved: A. ScTh. 87a itc kcb OEo' (16 ter ante Oeot codd.) u wu - u -. A. Ag.

II25a 6a , lIOV l * '? T u - 6 . A. Cho. 870 a 1a 4zaA2a, U - u . A. Eum. I43a aO '

aOV ''a4. ?&Oote0v, cp(aoct, (nu-rca7 F Tricl.) u uu - . A. Eum. 254 'e6a o'ea uas&' aJ, u - u

S. Aj. 9o8a ciyojtlzdg arag, *ooc ap' atcpo (c4LoL Tricl. Liv p: [Lo& LA rec) -uu - . S. Aj. 946 CS0zor, ava)y/-crwv (4Lor. A El rec: t,uoL L rec: Vx ,uot 1Y8) - - - . S. Ant. I276 Vi p5EV, Wi rO'vot . porFv

u'a7covot (18 LA rec: co vulgo) - - . S. Ant. I288 atal, odcoAo,r' 4'6e: - - a'vbe . e7re?eLpycx'(T UU - u-

E. Hipp. sgIa C()zot ETyw xaxav- . rpoe'oaoL, cpL, - - -. E. HiPP. 8IIa io lC( radAatva. p?lov xcxx6v, u uu-u -. E. Hipp. 8I7a (yot

Eyco xovo'v. . gntaOov, o 7rc6Xt, (od4ot BV nr6vov MAV: 7=oO?cov BLPNO). E. Hipp. 830a atat atat, jdtea teXeo raa =&Orq (ocL quater MAV: bis LPBN)

u wu-u zu. E. Hec. 702 oAtOc atat, eiaOov 9vutcvov ,LLocrcv (R poL P) uu - uu. E. Hec. I056 C(AZOl EyCi), ad ru,B - ---. E. Hec. I097

C9Olzo 2a J Awfag - u-- -. E. Ion 1445a oi Wi, Aa,tta;, .Okpo'

OR7CTrUX oCr, X &-- -. E. Tro. 265a _tot 7cp rd rrp6ar7oxov I ex6v (4,UoL 'YX PARMENTIER) - U . E. Hel. 676a (yOtl Eucov 6slVCV.: xourpc xC xp-nVV (W4LoL 'I30cLoW WILAM.) - --- E. Or. I352 tW 9Wepat,

U uu- u. E. Or. I537 i Tv'xa, J 'A - U

A few examples in this class are doubtful: A. P. V. 576a Iw -w rorOt (Ot6r1oL SEIDLER: 7Of. 7tOL 7r 67oL 7r6rnOL fere codd.: 7rCo ter QVYQ PYQ F) u W- -

the text is perhaps slightly corrupt'. 1 In A. ScTh. Iooo the reading uv lcib davrocv. 7roou7ro&rarcO u wu- - -. u u-

- is perhaps to be preferred to the manuscript reading I J oXwov I,o cf. 1. 1003.



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S. Aj. 900 ,olUO 4s6v v covT (4LOL Tricl.: W p.or LArec) -- -: the perfect strophic correspondence shows that 4&oL is in this case preferable, LW [LOL being unmetrical. S. El. I404 Ey ic cTeya (OCt al at Arec: at at Lrec ZE) v u - : an uncertain case as the line in the antistrophe is missing. S. Ant. I265 ita$ got E4iv dvoA2: 3oc a ouXeu*o.crv (Wo ioL LArec: 4,o& Tricl.): tV ,uot being unmetrical 4eoL is preferable, - uu-

E. Hec. io88 ala, ic'c O9exq . XoyXop6pov vo- (acE vel oct bis BAV: quater MLP) - , unless the exclamation is extra metrum otacZ | 0p7,]

koy Xocp6pov 9vo7r0ov ru I c=0ov "A. pe. x&"ooV 'yvoq 2 dos. + cr. do., see above P. Io-II. E. Tro. 3o8b cpq c'p', e. a A qE'yo- l3OV, lboV- (fort. hic. Z

verba Ego' 20o post bv4 v. 3IO habent VP: trai. HERMANN): text and arrangement of lines dubious1.

(ii) Simple Hiatus. (a) Internal: I. cases where exclamations are involved: A. P. V. 602 (E rtOveg Ol, o E ," u Qu - - -; A. Ag. III4a ̀ g, naal al,a.

'TE t68e (PMver a ' UU - -; A. Ag. II25a a a, MMov MMOV. &7?XS TeX PO0 - uu-u -; A.Cho. 869 ? E', 0-roTroT. . t-u uu -u - -. S. Tr. Io25b ip6GXar

XoU(PtGC, *. E , clb (3a4lov (E 9, 1 rec: 9 9, W x LArec) u u- - - -

E. Hipp. 569 lCi got, ai'alt (WZ [tot Vot P oct bis LP, ter A, quater MBVL2) - -u ~-' : a dubious case since it consists of exclamations; E. Hec. 702a

fuOt, atal, 'iaOov :. vuvov O6 4t Xv - ' - ,

2. other cases: A. Pers. 658 flaAALAv, 'Wl, ixov ('OL taxou MA Q: W' 'xou rell.) - - u :

perhaps a3ocnv, W0' W0' Lxoi5? S. 0. C. I485 Zei ava, aol qPov&,- E. H. F. io6ob %P? ePl Oi5 M3h. XO. el; A?. vai, et3Es. ---

- -: the hiatus in the phrase voct, eu{rt is perhaps to be explained by the fact that vom( behaves like an exclamation; cf. also E. Or. I48 floav. HA. vat, o6trwg Q -

(b) Terminal: I. at change of speaker, always including pause2 e.g. A. Pers. I073/4 &PPOr&occ. I Xo. m cX 1 W,; A. ScTh. 88/9 Xe6oware. I-Uns'p 'eLX&Lv: dubious case as the word Pooc (PBoa a' K2) which comes after &Xe6ac-Te in the manuscripts is taken to be goc by WILAMOWITZ, oa by MAAS. E. Or. I46/7 (P 'veL C.iOr I Xo.

Cs,; E. H. F. 886/7 ve>?ae-T0Cr.| A,. LoL y6??oG.

2. at change of metre (including change of speaker), with or without pause e.g. A. Pers. 658/9 o5 I k'XO' do.-cho. enneasyllable pendant; A. P. V. 602/3 ? , I ot do.-ithyph.; A. ScTh. I23/4XmXLvOrv. IrtOba.-do.; A. ScTh. 205/6 ?XtX6'rpoXot,

t7r7rLXGV do.-cr.; A. ScTh. IOOO/i noXUnoV(Y0Tc'o0L.I Av. l,6, do. cr. ba.; A. Ag. II3I/2 ,?c'8e. 1cl cNia.-do.; A. Eum. I74/5 ?X6aecxC, |r6 7ia.-do.; A. Eum. 259/6o

cp,po6'souI 7rlo'8xoq do.-ia.; A. Eum. 263/4 o'eTocI. .o'XV do. -ia. etc.

1 E. Suppl. 828 LcO hb 1iOi oSOl probably is not dochmiac. For H. F. I05I po'vor 06'o; o6' . . . A,u. d J, above p. 27. 2 Exceptions: A. Eum. 259/60; E. Andr. 833/4.




S. Aj. 350/I v6Otcp, I MaOe do.-ia.; S. Ant. I266/7 6Pw, I oc cat oc'et do.-ia.; S. Ant. I267/8 oactZ CXa,

L dOxve ia.-do.; S. 0. C. I495/6 'xo. I ? do.-ia. etc. E. Med. I274/I yuVvaL. HaL. 04LOL (v. I27I post I274 SCHENKL MURRAY) do.

-ia.; E. Hipp. 365/6 p6 9p. -CT1- -&XoLva do.-cr.; E. Hipp. 569/70 xOCLI. d 8uoa-rDLvcx do.-ia.; E. Hipp. 8I8/9 T r6Xo, I 6k do.-ia.; E. Hipp. 827/8 -r6xZ; I 6pvLq do.-ia.; E. Hipp. 855/6 -timW. I ?r. gcx goc do.-ia.; E. Hipp. 878/9 otXopat,

otov ia.-hypod.; E. Hipp. I279/80 Ujpxvrau I &vapocx do.-ia.; E. Andr. 833/4 xol

ocp.yLpcpOv do.-chor. dim. A.; E. Andr. 848/9 epO-0, 1<n> (<i> add. SEIDLER)

ba.-do.; E. Hec. 689/go UpxoGxtt, I ?&?po ia.-do.; E. Hec. 693/4 x Ix T'XVOV

ia.-do.; E. Hec. 705/6 c?, | <6> (at, J MURRAY: &' i codd., del. PALEY): E. Hec. 709/I O ppa ML; I Ex. e4tOq ia.-do., E. Hec. 7I4/5 74P0, I OX 'at0 ia.-do. etc.

(iii) With no change of speaker or of metre but at pause. (a) exclamations involved, e.g. A. Suppl. 89I LiCnO'pe7r* I T); A. ScTh. 86/7

opo'6t7ou. I 16 1; A. ScTh. I5I/2 xX6wc I jo -cTO'rVL' 'Hpoc I58/9 p;('owL |&

?p' "AroX?ov; A. ScTh. I53/4 Xv6oW I "Ap'retLt. (b) otherwise,e.g.A. ScTh.97/8 e5eapoL- xpa4?e; A.Ag.I428/9 qp s7rp?re j &Vn-

tov; A.Cho.936/7 toLv&c uoXA.Cho.g47/8 7oLv& 'OLye; A.Cho.957/8 p0 lusoup- yeZv: no pause, corrupt; perhaps J<0'> 'noupyeZv; A. Eum. I57/8 X6VTpy, rpn6.

S. 0. T. I329/30 YpXoL, | xocx ; S. 0. T. I340/I toXL0t= [L, I '7ryEte; S. Ant. I320/I 16 -npostoX0L, | <&btC>0kyet (ayere codd.: corr. SCHONE): A. Ant. I33I/2 1t6) LT, 1I&, .

E. Andr. 842/3 yp?6o; 'ar68o~; E. Andr. 859/60 'ppaoM; a6xoc; E. Hec. 690/I xupeZ.I o?u8&; E. Ion 689/go Poiae'rocL.I &toso'l; E. Phoen. 346/7 [LOcxocpLaC. |vuVLevouo; E. Or. 3I8/9 0eaL, I3C&XX)t)oV; E. Or. 338/40 &vocrox-

I? ; | O oC, (conj.); E. Or. 339/4I XXTOX0oYPOV,OcL. I &va (339 ante 338 habet fl: post 340 trai. KIRCHHOFF); E. Or. I537/8 0 UO t6uX, I eTepov etc.

From what precedes it seems that there are no examples of terminal hiatus in dochmiacs without change of speaker or metre or pause.

8. Syllaba brevis in elemento longo In all kinds of metra in Greek poetry examples occur where a short syllable

is used at the end of a metrical period instead of a long one. This phenomenon is known as syllaba brevis in elemento loigo. In the survey which follows the end of period is understood unless otherwise indicated. Asterisked are those examples which have hiatus also. The brevis in longo at stanza-end being a feature too common to need illustration is omitted.

(a) at change of speaker: it is always combined with pause and with change of metre as well e.g. S. El. I250 olov "Yu xcxO. I 'Op. ',otao followed by ia. tr.; Ant. I292 04L:.LXZaO0aL [6OPov; I Xo. 'OpOv followed by ia. tr.; E. Hipp. xaxov; I Doc. 4o tr CLXUrou followed by ia. tr.; Tro. 242 yOovoq; Toc. xoct' &vap' followed by ia. tr.; H. F. 737 7T6TPoi. I- AXO followed by ia. tr., etc.

1 E. Ion 207/8 ?avr?1cL J<Kaov> is a very dubious conjecture.



44 N. C. CONOMIS

(b) at change of metre: numerous examples where pause is included e.g. A. Ag. io8i mcb6?X&Xv 4tUGq followed by ia.; *Ag. IO90 auvto1opa, I MY'6cpovoa (0uv M: auv- FTricl.: auv'a-rop' )& KECK) followed by ia ? cf. antistrophe; Cho. 870 'a 'c' ,u&X_a followed by cr.; Eum. 146 a&qpTov xocxov. followed by ia.; S.Aj. 366b - r aLv6ov yepocg followed by exclamation and ia. tr.; *Aj. 396-aOe t' o'X TopOm, followed by ia.; E. I. A. I30I "YYsX) I aL v

followed by tro.; Rhes. 7tX6?tv; 7 v7jaLWn7v followed by ia. tr., etc. All the examples where there is no pause are quoted: A. Suppl. 843 7o?OX-

PUTOV J &Xp?vroc (7co?ppurov M) followed by hemiepes blunt; S. Aj. 397 Oe&)v yevoq I oO' &XVepVov followed by anc. + chor. dim. A; E. Andr. 833 TL a'

e- aTrepv6 I %mXOC7rTrLV (8ae om. B: delet arepvm BOTHE) followed by ba.: text doubtful and metre as well as responsion obscure; a-e6pvx in particular seems improbable and perhaps should be read atepvovl.

Twice there is correspondence in the strophe and the antistrophe as regards the brevis in longo: S. Aj. 397 -t Y-9OC @YVO' 415 - q Tpo'Lov pov-ov followed by anceps + cho. dim. A; E. Bacch. 987b L paoc vev ?Txp_v; I007 ?7C TMc xocXoc 13Lov, followed by cr.

(c) with no change of speaker or metre, but pause: i. followed by exclamation; few examples: *A. Suppl. 89I mC16Tp?s` j E

f6E rP; P. V. 575 vo6UOV.I10 1) r067roL; Cho. I57 cPPevO. I OTo0TOT0o'0o'oL; Eum. 840 x6ov. I OLoZ 8&, ye-; ScTh. 83 o-xFOv x'itoS, I ? , XPE[L7rTeT(XL (n&LOGXO-

xTuwroq accentu diverso codd.: corr. Dind.: ne&8L' 7rOX6xTru' C9a?L E); S. Ant. I287 OPo?et XOYOv; j ococZ (O6yov LrRA: )o6ycoL L, Xo yv L1P).

2. otherwise; numerous examples: e.g. A. ScTh. IO9 'LT 7oVt?. I 'La-r;

ScTh. II5 6P6RvMO. J &X C Z?1); S. Aj. 394 4uov 9 J, I ?P3oq CT); *0. T. I340

oiXL0 [LOr [Le, Ic ', ( (pOL,; E. Hipp. 57I P3o c X6yOv; I kV?n?; Hec. io68b QxXCam o'c&XaTL 0 G'uq6v, "AXL-, I cp&yyoq - - * U - --: the metre is dubious; perhaps to be read with WILAMOWITZ (Gr. V., p. 407), 'A6)M, u uu

-u uu, or be transposed "AXLe, TOuqPv; Or. I97 &p' ac',c. j OX6,U?0' etc.

(d) with no change of speaker or metre and no pause: A. Eum. 840a 7rVew 'roL [t.vo.a IOCv'tax: this example can be eliminated by reading tv -ot 'o voq <0'> . Oc7rV'ok Ta X'OTov U- U.U W

E. Phoen I77b xci &Tp ocZoc X?V .tpoc xal a(0poVc(rA0Le topCPp LOtVSL:

the text is corrupt, see above p. 2: of the many suggestions that of HEADLAM may be mentioned:

to mTp?LOC Xev:rPCe XOCI GCA) V <Cc> - U - - - U

Co0cppvov ?XPG)V. ?Lo L:VSL UUU- U _- E. Bacch. I002a yv CIxocv a CIppov. OOCvoCro4 (yvco,v ac pp6vo MURRAY):

a well-known crux-again with the form rcxppovoc involved-as yet uncured.

1 In Phoen. 1350 &'ICyeT' &V&y?YT I xcxuT6v, do. followed by ia. But the metre

is uncertain and normally the text is arranged MvOyzT' 0vkyeTe xoxu- l t0v etc. in which case the metre is not dochmiac.




The conclusion to be drawn from the above survey is that the brevis in longo is always accompanied by change of speaker, change of metre, pause, or any combination of these. Of the apparent exceptions to the rule, only one (A. Eum. 840) is to be taken into serious consideration.

9. Overlapping of words In most cases dochmiac-end and word-end coincide. When a word overlaps

from one dochmiac to the next, the overlap is most commonly of a single syllable; but overlap of two, three, or even four syllables is not uncommon. The figures for the Tragedians are given below-the numerals at the top representing the number of syllables which overlap.

Total no. of cases I 2 3 4

A. 64 39 i8 6 I ScTh. 693 &vw0 apoxaLov S. 44 32 5 7 -

E. I90 II6 44 28 2 Phoen. 176 XpU . 6x?OX'XPO7: Rhes. I3I

[Le * Ta0k[uevoq

The syllable which precedes the overlap in the third class is usually long. Exceptions: A. ScTh. 975 PYpi 86' eLpa: S. 0. C. I464 U.6ofoXoq: E. H. F.

I020 Co. papocae: E. I. T. 87I &:voCcov: E. Or. 1364 o:X6[LeVov. The three-syllable overlap is usually of the form u- -but it takes other

forms including u u u: A. ScTh. 417 &v.: rcMaX0v: S. Aj. 395 av:voTaov:

S. 0. C. I464 &:.-of3oXo: E. Hipp. 883 8aex:.rrpxtov 1279 a,: O6[,v&: E. H. F. 902 U:. aorp1oov: I020 7ra. piap&ai: E. E1. II58 o' .: pav L: E. I. T. 871 &:.vaL0v: E. Phoen. II5 'At.ov6: 322 LxO po: E. Or. 321 ?V

[levLae: I364 0:Xo10.evov: I50I xvMo:aXop voq . I0. Clausulae By the term 'clausula' the metron or colon in which a system of lyric verse

ends is meant. A clausular rhythm is usually related to that of the passage it concludes but it has at the same time some variation by which the conclusion of the lyric system is denoted2. As clausulae are normally used catalectic or hypercatalectic cola. It is possible that a lyric passage has no clausula at all or that it has several clausulae. This fact makes the collection of data and their representation somewhat arbitrary3.

1 Occasionally the overlapping in strophe is repeated in the corresponding place of the antistrophe.

Figures: A. I2 cases (imperfect correspondence: ScTh. 219 226 1/2: 698 - 705 I/2:

687 - 693 I/4). - S. I0 cases (imperfect correspondence: El. I240 - I262 3/I: Ant. I269 - 1292 1/3: 131I - I332 3/I). - E. 8 cases (imperfect correspondence Med.

I259 - 1269 I/3: Hipp. 366 - 673 1/3: Bacch. 978 - 998 I/2: 98o - 1000 3/2).

2 Cf. Ar. Rhet. r 8, 1409 a Ig O&CX& 8.L . . .8Xyv ev8 oV v ' eXeu riv 8L XL '6v ypoccpo

1r78? aLOa r' rv axpMypoccpv, &X?Ax 8L &'6v frOA6v. 3 A number of clausulae to short passages without a characteristic rhythm especially

in E. have been omitted from my lists; a few of this kind given are asterisked.



46 N. C. CONOMIS

(I) Clausulae of dochmiac passages: (a) dochmiac clausulae: A. Suppl. 892=902 do.; Ag. II45 SII55 do.;

II66 --- II77 do.; Cho. I63 2 dos.; 94I ' 952 2 dos. + (mesodos) 945 do.; <96I>=972 do.; Eum. 275 2 dos.; 846=880 2 dos.

S. 0. T. I346 -- I366 do.; Ant. I269 I 1292 2 dos.; I3II r I332 2 dos.; I325 1 I346 2 dos.; 0. C. 843 -_ 886 do.; I485 I-- I499 do.

E. Med. I260 '-- I270 2 dos.; Hipp. 372 '- 679 2 dos.; 833 - 85I 2 dos.; Andr. 865 do.; Hec. I084 hexas. + do.; H. F. I2I3 2 dos.; Ion 724 do.; E. 595 2 dos.; 1163 (1. of antistrophe missing) 2 dos.; *I. T. 840 dos.; 899 do.; *Hel. 635 do.; *65I 2 dos.; *655 do.; *697 do.; Phoen. 354 2 dos.; Or. I5I i- I65 2 dos.; I86 - 207 2 dos.; 33I I- 347 2 dos.; I265 --, I285 do.; I365 e- I549 2 dos.; Bacch. 990 IOIO 2 dos. + 996 do. + (epodos) I023 do.; 1164 do.; (missing)

II99 2 dos.; Phaethon frg. 78I N.2 1. 74 2 dos. (b) clausulae consisting of dochmiacs admixed with other metra: A. Suppl.

738 o-745 ia. + do.; ScTh. io8 cr . + do.; I26 '--1 I48 do. + ba. cr. ba.; Eum. I72 '-' I77 ia. + do. E. *Med. I28I I292 2 ia. + do.; *I. T. 86i mol. + do.?; Phoen. 300 do. + cr.; Rhes. I36 --- 200 do. + ia. cr.

(c) clausulae consisting of metra other than dochmiacs: iambics: A. Suppl. 683 '.' 693 ba. cr. ba.; ScTh. I57 r I65 2 ia.; 207 ow2I5

ia. ba.; Ag. II24 I-, II35 ia. cr.; Eum. I48 r_ I54 ia. 2 cr.; i6i i' I67

2 ia. ScTh. 235 '- 24I lec.; 42I o- 456 ithyph. S*O. T. I3I8 r_- I326 ia. tr. ? E.*H. F. 879 2 ba.; Ion 694 >_ 7I2 2 ia.; I. T. 849 2 cr.; I. A. I335 ia. tr.

choriambic: E. H. F. 890 cho. enopl. B? A. SuppI. 396 '-' 406 aristoph.; 638 65i ar.; 752 '1 759 ar.; ScTh. 567 ̂ _ 630 ar.; 688 694 ar.; 70I _ 708 ar. S. Aj. 353 r_ 36I aristoph.

glyconic types: A. Suppl. 353 o-'364 hippon. Ag. 141 1r I430 pherecr. S. Aj. 409 - 427 reiz. E. Hipp. I28I alc. dec. aceph. (or if Ku7rpL, -

- u' - - - hippon.).

dactylic etc.: A. ScTh. 222 --,229 ibyc.; E. Or. I392 ibyc. E. Phoen. I92

alcman. E. H. F. io8o cyren. Noticeable use of dochmiacs concluding passages composed in ia. tr.:

E. I. T. 830 do.; 833 2 dos.; cf. also 840 2 dos. (II) Clausulae of passages of mixed character, including dochmiac with

other metra: (a) dochmiac clausulae: A. P. V. 573 2 dos.; ScTh. I72 . i8o do.; 899

g9IO do.; Ag. II04,-IIII do. S. El. I250 , I270 do.; Ph. 402 r_ 5I8 2 dos. E. Andr. 835 '- 839 hypod.; Hec. iIo6 2 dos.; Ion 906 do.; I496 do.; Tro. 29I

do.; Phoen. I295 1- I306 2 dos. (claus. corrupt); Or. I265 I285 do.; I502

2 dos. *F. T. G. no. 499 N.2 (adespota) 1. 5 do. Dochmiacs used exclusively as clausulae: A. Pers. 96I1 973 hypod.?

S. Ph. 838 854 2 dos.




(b) clausulae consisting of dochmiacs admixed with other metra: A. P. V. 588 -..6o8 do. + 2 cr. (ant. corrupt). E. H. F. 92I cr. + do.?;

Or. I295 do. + ithyph.? (c) clausulae consisting of metra other than dochmiacs: iambics: A. Pers. 663 ',' 67I ithyph. ba. or 2 ia.; P. V. 695 ba. ia. ba. S. El. 250 ba. cr. ba.; *I242 i 1263; I275 2 ia.; 0. T. 668 , 696 ba. cr. ba. 0. C. I567 -' I578 ia. + ithyph. E. Alc. 877 . 894 ia. ba. (894 do. +ba. unless riLerL?): Ion I449 2 cr. (dividing: 7r6Oev ?&fo[Lev xap&v); Tro. 324 1 34I 2 ia.; Phoen. I35I 2 ia. ba. ia. (dividing: xoxro6v, 67A x&pz ,r UX07h?L4 X,'rnOUq X PoZv).

lecythion: A. ScTh. 356 - 368 (strophe corrupt); E.*Alc. 2I4 e 227.

choriambic: A. SuppI. 375 - 386 cho. cr. ba. (- antistr. cho. cr. ia.); ScTh.

t 78I t '1 79I cho. cr. ba.; S. Aj. 89o 1-. 936 cho. 2 ia. (antistr. cor-rupt); 0. C. I456 I I47I cho. mol.? E. Rhes. 466 (corrupt) ' 832 cho. ia. sp. aristophanean: A. Eum. 792 = 822. E. Alc. 403 1 4I3

glyconic types: A. ScTh. 485 525 alc. decas'. dactylic etc.2: E.*Tro. 267 prosod. S. Aj. 9I3 encomiol. E. H. F. I038

paroem. Dochmiacs used exclusively to open and conclude a passage: A. Pers.

974 - 988 and 986 IooI3; ScTh. 778 ,' 785 and 784 - 79I. Dochmiacs used exclusively to open a passage: A. Pers. 268 ' 274; E. El. II77 II90

do. +ia. II. Metra occurring with dochmiacs (I) Metrical elements mixed Up4 with dochmiacs: nearly exclusively

(xiambic types)> i.e. ia.6: A. Suppl. 348 ' 359 ia. + do.; 370 1 38I; 738 1 745; P. V. 58o0599

ia. anc. + do.; ScTh. 888 0 goo do. + ia.; Ag. IIOO -, II07 ia. + do.; III4 - II25 (if e

A

and & & extra metrum); III7 II28; II56/7 - II67/8

2 ia. + do.; Eum. I72 I77 ia. + do. S. Aj. 396/7 1-' 4I4/5 ia. + do. E. Alc. 873 - 890 ia. + do.; Med. 1255 I265 do. + ia.; I266, I28I

I292 2 ia. + do.; Heracl. 9I ia. + do.; I02; Hipp. 866; H. F. 919 do. + ia.?; El. II77 190; Hel. 648; 66I/2; Phoen. I27; Bacch. I03I;

1 In A. Pers. 27I 1 277 pherecr. but only a single dochmiac opens each stanza. 2 The clausulae belonging to this class are of no importance. 3 A. Pers. 986 - iooi is very difficult and controversial, partly because iooi is

corrupt in manuscripts and one cannot tell whether the syllable in the middle is an anceps or not, sp. ba. do. is perhaps the most rational scansion; in 976 - ggo, ggo is corrupt or deficient in manuscripts, so again there is no certain answer. It may well have been, - - u - - - u - u u - again, sp. ba. do.

4 'Mixed up' is here taken to mean admixed or occurring in the same line as printed by modern editors. This renders this kind of distinction somewhat arbitrary.

5 In most cases the iambics occur either at the opening or at the closing of dochmiac passages; cf. J. D. DENNISTON in Greek Poetry and Life, p. 133.



48 N. C. CONOMIS

I. A. I3I2 do. + ia.; Hyps. 307 ia. + do.; Hipp. 852 ia. + hypod. do.; Ion 789 hypod. + 2 ia.? Alc. 398 ia. ba. + do.; El. II52 iI6i do. + ia. cr.; Rhes. I36 2 0oo do. + ia. cr.; Bacch. IOI9 ia. pae. + do. Phoen. I290 - I30I do. + 2 ba.; Or. I45 ba. + do. A. ScTh. I26 I I47

do. + ba. cr. ba.; Ag. I136 I' II46 pae. ba. + do. cr.: A. P. V. 575 '594 cr. + do.; 583 ..603; 588 6o8 do. + 2 cr.;

ScTh. I07 cr. + do.; I22 1-' I42 do. + cr.; Ag. III8 ' II29 do. + 2cr.; II43 '- II53 do. + 2 cr.; Eum. 27I pae. + do. S. Aj. 889 ' 935 cr. + do.; 902 ' 948. E. Med. I25I I26I do. + cr.; Hipp. 366/7 >- 673/4 cr. + do.; Hec. 704 do. +cr.; H. F.743 r- 757 2 cr. +do.; 897 cr +do.; 92I; Ion 676 .'695 do. +cr.; 776; I50I; Tro. I227 cr.+do.; El. 594; I.T. 874; 88i; 897; 898; Phoen. I53; I89 do. + cr.; 296 pae. + do.; 300 do. + cr.; Or. I79 ' z 2oo; I89 (strophe: mol. + cr.); Ba. II53/4; Hyps. 3I5.

mol.: I. T. 86i mol. + do.; Phoen. I78 do. + mol.; Or. i68 mol. + do. (antistr. cr. + do.); Antiope 46 do. + mol.

sp.: A. Pers. 976 - ggo (corrupt or deficient) sp. ba. + do.?; 986 00II (corrupt)?; ScTh. 78 sp. + do.; E. I. A. I30I 2 Sp. + do.

tr.: A. Ag. I223 -- II34 do. + tro.; E. Phoen. I87. anap.: E. Hec. Io68 anap. + do. (v. dub.). From the above list it follows that only 'iambic-types' of metres are

combined internally with dochmiacs. The only exception would be E. Hec. io68. (II) As regards the metrical elements which occur around dochmiacs the

#iambic types)) easily outnumber all other types. Of the iambics most numerous, especially in Euripides, are the trimeters but of greater importance are the iambic dimeters and combinations of syncopated iambics since they are embedded within the lyric system, whereas the iambic trimeters do not form as a rule part of the lyric piece. Other kinds of metres choriambic, dactylic, anapaestic and a few daytclo-epitritic cola-only in Euripides-do occur. Ionics are rare (A. Suppl. 840?, E. Phoen. I542) and only one case of glyconic, if genuine, occurs (E. Hec. I095).

I2. Dochmiacs in Comedy and Satyric drama

Numbers:

I Q - - v - 35 I3 -u uzk Qk 2 (S. In.23) 2 J 'Q-t U)- 30 I4 - wJ J u . u' 2

3 J - Qu u- 2 25 u 2 5 u 'wu Au - I3 26 u J --- 2 6 u wu -u u -u i6 not identified: E. Cycl. 66i 8 uJu-AJ 7 - =- - - U- (u) -? 9-- - Ar. Lysistr. I257 (corrupt).

IO- 0 - 20




Ran. I347 ,uavig je'youat (gpyo&g HERMANN), u - - - - : the ar-

rangement of lines is uncertain; COULON's division gives dactylo-anapaestic metre. Another arrangement would be:

I346 eY' 8' o& 'Xoca.vM 7tpoaexou& 6uzov u - _ . u u - u - U

do. do. ?pxucq ep,YoL:aGL GVOU ats paxTo ' - - - . - - '3k)

- do. +2 ion.

Lysistr. I257b IupL 'o&4 yevvag dgt ivvc (va RB, tpaeL P: 'VaZv WILAM.): the text is probably corrupt and the metre is uncertain. The reading of WILAMOWITZ makes this line, like the one which follows, iambic.

Rarer forms of dochmiacs - -u uu'&- u wu Av. II92a adQa Qltvse'2)OV . 8v ?S3pO ?reXeo -Q

tJtv tvuVJ U Qu u t I266a lzqb 8 rtv' lQe0vrov:. avoc aa8&reov <?V> ?TL (?V add. COULON Cl. I5I6: om. RV 0) - .u uu u .uu u u u: text sound and

context demonstrably dochmiac; these examples are certain.

Dochmiacs with irrational anceps: four examples occur in Inachus (PAGE G. L. P., p. 24)

i6 Vtocv'x ro8k X?e V Me k)u - u' -

I7 G'y&p oYiv, Z?5, ),6yov k) - -' -

i8 xocx6O '

l W --

I9 8L' &yV 0rooa [ W& - [-: the first three examples are

certain; the fourth very probable.

Av. 430 7utxv6o'asov XLlV8oq, u -u w- u -: it follows three dochmiacs

and is followed by ia. tr.; a certain example. Thesm. 675 t aLxOaLOt '' ' 6p6tov-

oq t :. 0a xc 6 voctta t u - - - t u Wu -' 3u (J9P67reL HER- MANN): the text gives an impossible colon in the first part of the line; HERMANN'S

eypeWLv-which is accepted by WILAMOWITZ-creates an irrational anceps

Hypodochmiacs: none of the cases of hypodochmiac which occur is certain: Inach. 22 ILcrpou ygvoq - - -: the division of lines is not quite

certain; the passage opens with an anacreontic and the words 7cov'a PYXava Ao \ov, [ta] j Ztca6pou y6voq undivided give the sequence - ' -

'3 '3 -[] -'3 -'3 -cr. + 3 ia. Acharn. 570 TeLXPLFX04 &v]p - '

'3- (-,cxo RA r: -kyaxocq DOBREE): the hypodochmiac corresponds to the sequence u - - and DOBREE'S change easily completes the dochmiac

needed'.1

1 DALE'S division (op. cit., p. II2) i' t6XtoFX5o aV1 p * PON aoct6 - - _ AJ Q-j -

u- - u-, besides being artificial creates a dochmiac with irrational anceps.

Hermes 92,1 4



50 N. C. CONOMIs, The Dochmiacs of Greek Drama

Lengthening before mute + liquid. In Comedy as is well-known the norm is that mute + liquid do not lengthen the following syllable; accordingly no lengthening before mute + liquid occurs in these passages.

Hiatus: two cases of correptio epica, with exclamations involved, occur: Nub. II70 VCO

' &, trxvOv. Wo '

0 5 -' -, - J - -, (L)3 V: R 'M CO 'V R2 VMU: 1oi lo RA Simple hiatus: internal (a) exclamations involved Nub. II70 COV 5o5. (b) at change of metre-always pause included: Acharn. 36I/2 &yZCL. JX'

do. ia.; 493/4 tr&vOcv-t{. I vp ia. do.; 568/9 cpyuXrcx ' do. ia.; Nub. II64/5 ?,6. |) -u&vXov do. an.; II70/I Coi. |q do. ia.; Plut. 638/9 ,| Xo. OCVCXPGCXGOptL ia. do.

Clausulae: dochmiacs easily outnumber other metres in closing the dochmiac passages. Dochmiacs: Ach. 496 - 57I; Vesp. 736-749; Av. II95 -I266. Dochmiacs form the clausula to an iambic passage: Vesp. 874 890. iambic: Ach. 365 '1 392 ia. tr. anapaestic: Ichneut. I75.

Metra occurring with dochmiacs. (i) other metres mixed up with dochmiacs: Ichneut. I74 ia. + do.; Vesp.

733 -- 747 2 cr. + do.; Thesm. I054 do. + cr. (dub.). (ii) other metres placed before or after dochmiacs: ia.: Ichneut. IMI 2 ia.; Vesp. 734 '-' 748 2 ia.; 872 -,' 888 2 ia.; Av. 228

2 ia.?; 426 2 ia. Vesp. 732 746 ia. cr. ia. Inach. 2I cr. 3 ia. Av. 3I2 pae. cr. 2 ia.

ia. tr.: Ach. 362 1' 39I; 492 -' 569, 493 (missing); Vesp. 729 743, 73I I-,745; Av. 229; 240; 43I; 944 and 946; Thesm. 9I6.

tro.: Av. 233, 235 3 tro.; Thesm. 702 3 tro. cr. dact.-anap.: Nub. ii65 dact. tetr. Thesm. I053 dact. tetr.; Ran. 674 706

dact. hexam., 676 1--' 708 dact. hexam. catal.; Ichn. I73 anap. dim. sync. (- dubious); 175 anap. mon.; Inach. 7 anap. mon.; I5 (corrupt);Nub. II67

anap. mon.; Av. 946 anap. mon. + 2 ia? cho.: E. Cycl. 656 cho. dim. B.; 66o ba. cho. ion.: Av. 238 uu - - - - - -; Inach. 20 anacr. pherer.: E.

Cycl. 658; 662; Ran. I345 - - - IJ -? 1347 (if XLVOU l?0-9v &Tpo.- xsov a pherecr.). iambel.: Av. 23I very obscure: Av. 944, 946; Lysistr. I256,

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