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As we will see from the ancient Greek evidence, meter was a ‘measure’ in the sense that it gave ‘measure’ to language, so as to create a special language that was differentiated from whatever was understood to be everyday language.
6 ημέρες πριν · Greek metre. Quick Reference. (Some types of metre are described in 4.) Greek verse is quantitative: syllabic length is its patterning agent. (The patterning agent of English verse is stress.) 1. Prosody.
Greek and Latin metre is an overall term used for the various rhythms in which Greek and Latin poems were composed. The individual rhythmical patterns used in Greek and Latin poetry are also known as "metres" (US "meters").
Unlike the poetry of English and many other modern European languages, which is based on patterns of stress accent, Greek meter is based on patterns of long and short syllables.
21 Μαΐ 2021 · On this page can be found a series of ten lectures on Greek and Latin metre, delivered to students at the University of Cambridge in Easter Term 2021. They are intended for those who can read Greek and/or Latin poetry but who are curious about the full range of metres used by ancient authors.
All quantitative metres of Latin were adopted from Greek, and typically adapted / refined over time. Generally speaking, Latin metre was narrower in its metrical range / variation and more bound by rules.
This chapter discusses the quantitative metre which was formed in the Greek language between 1000 and 750 bc. The chapter aims to measure short syllables. It also describes in detail the quantitative versification of classical antiquity, having three primary and two secondary measures.
