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Edited book | METra 2
Chapter | Metri dell’epica nella lirica di Euripide: risonanze e rimodulazioni

Metri dell’epica nella lirica di Euripide: risonanze e rimodulazioni

Abstract

This paper examines how Euripides uses and reshapes metrical patterns from the epic-lyric tradition – dactyls, dactylo-epitrites, anapaests – in his tragedies Andromache, Hecuba, and Trojan Women. The use of these meters associated with a formal register of epic style gives the text a peculiar semantic value.


Open access | Peer reviewed

Submitted: July 4, 2023 | Accepted: July 30, 2023 | Published Dec. 21, 2023 | Language: it

Keywords AnapaestsHecubaTrojan WomenEuripidesDactylsAndromacheDactylo-epitrites


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