Anapæst, ⏑⏑–, 290 n., 331, 338, etc. Anapæstic metre, 337-8. — system, 337. Antistrophe, 78, 344 ff. Antithetic-mesodic periods, 361-2. Antithetic periods, 360. Asclepiad, greater, 8. Bacchiac, – –⏑, 355. Blank verse, 328. Cæsura, 332-3, 336. Catalectic verse, 337, 339; catalectic foot, 334. — — in anapæstic systems, 338. Catalexis, 335, 337, 353-4, 359. Choree, 352-3. Choriambics, –⏑⏑–, 357. Cola, three types of, 351. Colon, 343 ff. — definition of, 347. Counter-turn, 344. Cretic, –⏑–, 354. — Final, 290 n., 333-4. — in English, 355. Cyclic Dactyls, 341. Dactyl, –⏑⏑, 331, etc., 340. Dactylic dipody, 356. — hexameter, 339. Dactyls, cyclic, 341. Definition of a colon, 347. — — ictus, 347-8. — — metre, 327. — — poetry, 327. — — rhythm, 327. Diæresis, 336-7. Dialogue-metre, 74, 334 ff., 353. Dipody, 338, 351-2. Dochmiacs, 355, 358. Dochmius, 358. Elision, 329, etc., 344 n. Emotional significance of metre, 353 ff. Episodic trochaics, 338, 353. Epode, 78, 345. Equal cola, 351. Final Cretic, 290 n., 333-4. Foot-ictus, 342. Greater asclepiad, 8. Hexameter, Dactylic, 339. Hexapody, 351-2. Hiatus, 329-30. Homeric metre, 339. Iambic metre, 4, 327, 330 ff. — senarius, 340. Iambus, ⏑–, 74, 327 ff., 330, etc. Ictus, 342, 347. — definition of, 347. Insetting, 342. Ionic, – –⏑⏑, 356. Ionicus a maiore, 356. — — minore, ⏑⏑– –, 356. Irrational syllables, 343 n., 347, 351, 362. Licences, 331, 335. Logaoedic systems, 341. Long syllables, 328. Lyrics, v, vi, 2, 338 ff. Mesode, 344, 361. Mesodic periods, 361-2. Metre, vi, 327 ff. — definition of, 327. — in comedy, 334. — of S. _Philoctetes_, 181; of E. _Orestes_, 315, 334. Molossus, – – –, 354. Music, Greek, 339, etc. Octonarius, 335. — trochaic, 339. Palinodic-antithetic periods, 361. — — -mesodic periods, 361-2. Palinodic-mesodic periods, 361-2. — periods, 360. Parœmiacs, 338 and n. Pentapody, 351. Period, 343, 359 ff. Pitch-accent, 327 n. Poetry, definition of, 327. Postlude, 344, 362. Prelude, 342, 344, 362. Prodelision, 329. Quantity, 327 ff. Quasi-anapæsts, 354. Quasi-trochees, 341. Quinquepartite cola, 351. Recitative, 337. Resolved feet, 330, 334, 336, 342 n., 353, 355, 358. Rhythm, p. vi, 327 ff. — definition of, 327. — in _Philoctetes_, 181. Rules of Quantity, 328-9. Scansion, 327 ff.; of lyrics, v, vi, 338 ff. Scheme of iambic verse, 334. — — trochaic tetrameters, 337. Senarius, iambic, 340. Sentence, 343, etc. Spondaic words lacking in English, 354. Spondee, – –, 181, 330, etc., 341, 353. Stichic period, 359-60. — -mesodic period, 361. Stress-accent, 327, 342, 347. “Striking-up,” 342 n. Strophe, 78, 344 ff. Synapheia, 330. Syncopated rhythm, 341.
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