ANAPESTIC RHYTHMS. AIIIIINTstiC verses are much more numerous in Greek than in Latin. as the latter language does not lend itself readily to this measure. The most common metrical equivalents for the anapest ( —) are the spondee (— , dactyl (— and rarely the proecleusmatie (— The verses are ured in dipodies. The common forms in Greek are: (a) the manometer; (b) the dimeter aeata Teeth- ; (c) the dimeter cataleetic or parcentiae, e.g.: (a) fro yOcul vos Arist. Av. 221.
(b) irrepiryelP ?per aai I asp ipeao-baepot .Egeli. _lg. 52. _A (c) cF µiv au vpdao-ovr' irtxalped Soph. A]. 136.
Both tragedy and comedy frequently employ a series of anapestic dimeters, acatalectie, with an occasional milometer, closing always with a par(emiac. the whole forming an anapfestie sys tem. Such systems are very common as march movements, e.g.
(d) Siaarov tav Eros I r68' isreIllpidyou pd-yas dvrioucos MevAaos dvat i 71.5"A•yeAdevow, &Op6vov Au5Ocv Kai 15LITKi7(7pOU TtaliS Eerryos ' Arpediav cr6Xov I xtMovaierav slab' dad xclwas ijpav, arpara7i TLV dporysk .F.sch. Ay. 40-47.
By the union of an acatelectie with a catalectie dimeter the analarst le tetrameter ea fideptic is formed, \Vide]) was employed by Tyrtagis and Epieharmus, and which in Attie eomedy is the regular measure for the entrance and departure of a chorus or an actor, for the para basis, and for the chief part of the agon.
_ = — (e) di use LJ 217tdpras EvoalLoL Kocipol, 11 wont 4 4 1— .., A
etv Apeos tcl vaa Tytr. frg. 16.
— _ bads er *zip' srp6a xere rbv yob's, II xalporres —A TotS &rare/anus Arist. Eq. (19.
In Latin. anapestic measures are found in Plautus, where their measurement is often doubt ful; Terence avoided them; but Varro, Seneca, Prodentius, and other late writers employed them, conforming, however, more strictly to their Greek models than Plautus did. Of the forms enumerated above, b, e. d, and e are found.
(b) Inc homost onini(um) hi)ini nuns prweipuos voluptatibus gait diisqu(e) antepotens.
Plant. Trin. 1115-16.
— = — — A (e) nimis tand(em) eg(o) abs to contemnor Plant. Ps. 916.
(d) sed - quis hie est qu(i) in plate(am) ingreditnr nov(o) ornatn specieque simul ? l quamquam donn cupi(o) op I periar : = — A qu(am) hie rem great, anini(um) advortam Plant. Trin. 846-842.
(e) hunt hominem decetlaur(o) expend(i): hnioll decet statnam statu(i) I ex auro Plant. Rae. 640.
Further in Latin two anapestic dimeters ;teat aleetie are combined to form a tetrameter »eat aleetir or oetonarins. Diaeresis regularly occurs after the second dipody, and both hiatus and syllaba aneeps are allowed before the diaeresis.
— — quid mihi meliust quid magis in remst Ii qu(am) a corpore vi tam secludam Plant. Rod. 220.