Gli esametri olospondiaci nella poesia omerica

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dc.identifier	ECF_article_12709
dc.title	Gli esametri olospondiaci nella poesia omerica
dc.contributor.author	Acerbi Vittorio
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Venice University Press, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.type	Research Article
dc.language.iso	it
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/riviste/lexis-journal/2023/2/gli-esametri-olospondiaci-nella-poesia-omerica/
dc.description.abstract	This contribution analyses the extremely rare occurrences in homeric poetry of wholly spondaic lines, a peculiar form of dactilic hexameter whose metra have their elementum biceps always realised by a long syllable. After examining controversial cases and stating their belonging to that category, it is worth wondering whether and when behind the use of so composed sequences of six spondees we can see the poet’s intention to give expressiveness to these lines and suggest or emphasize with them a solemn or slow rhythm, or the effort of an action.
dc.relation.ispartof	Lexis
dc.relation.ispartof	Num. 41 (n.s.) – Dicembre 2023 – Fasc. 2
dc.issued	2023-12-18
dc.dateAccepted	2023-10-05
dc.dateSubmitted	2022-12-01
dc.identifier.issn
dc.identifier.eissn	2724-1564
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/Lexis/2724-1564/2023/02/001
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Controversial cases
dc.subject	Dactilic hexameter
dc.subject	Expressiveness
dc.subject	Rhythm
dc.subject	Wholly spondaic

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Vittorio Acerbi Università degli Studi di Padova, Italia

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abstract

This contribution analyses the extremely rare occurrences in homeric poetry of wholly spondaic lines, a peculiar form of dactilic hexameter whose metra have their elementum biceps always realised by a long syllable. After examining controversial cases and stating their belonging to that category, it is worth wondering whether and when behind the use of so composed sequences of six spondees we can see the poet’s intention to give expressiveness to these lines and suggest or emphasize with them a solemn or slow rhythm, or the effort of an action.

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Dec. 18, 2023

Accepted

Oct. 5, 2023

Submitted

Dec. 1, 2022

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Keywords: Wholly spondaic • Expressiveness • Dactilic hexameter • Controversial cases • Rhythm

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