Preliminary Considerations for a new Theoretical Model of Ancient Greek Metre: the Case of Eolic Verse

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Published: Jun 29, 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.24215/1851779Xe028
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Greek meter Eolic verse Sappho Alcaeus

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Alejandro Abritta
Universidad de Buenos Aires - CONICET

Abstract

The goal of this paper is to present some theoretical considerations about Greek meter, with special attention to the study of the verse of the eolic poets (Sappho and Alcaeus). We analyze some of the current theoretical models for its study, trying to show their limitations and the need for a new model, more suitable for understanding the object of study. Likewise, we seek to demonstrate that the model presented by Dale (1969: 41-97) and extended by Sicking (1993) is the one that with greater precision and simplicity describes the formal structures of the Greek verse, and therefore it can offer a basis for its abstract level description. We argue, on the other hand, that it is necessary to complement that description with an analysis of the realization level, based fundamentally in the quantitative study of poems.

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Abritta, A. (2018). Preliminary Considerations for a new Theoretical Model of Ancient Greek Metre: the Case of Eolic Verse. Synthesis, 25(1), e028. https://doi.org/10.24215/1851779Xe028
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Author Biography

Alejandro Abritta, Universidad de Buenos Aires - CONICET

Doctor en Letras Clásicas, Licenciado en Letras y Licenciado en Filosofía por la Universidad de Buenos Aires. Actualmente es becario posdoctoral del Conicet y su área de investigación es la métrica griega antigua. Ha publicado artículos en revistas nacionales e internacionales sobre estos temas y también sobre la himnodia hexamétrica en la Grecia Antigua desde la época arcaica hasta la imperial. Es autor del libro κόσμον ἐμῶν ἐπέων ἀπατηλὸν [“El engañoso orden de mis palabras”]: Un análisis coral del poema de Parménides, con traducción y comentario textual (FFyL-UBA, en prensa).

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