Publisher:
Oxford University Press / Humphrey Milford, London, 1934,:
HARDIE, William Ross. Res Metrica : An Introduction to the Study of Greek &Roman Versification. London : Oxford University Press / Humphrey Milford, (1934). Second Printing. Pp (4),[v]-xii,[1]-275,(1). 8vo, red cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Contents : Part I : The Simpler and More Familiar Forms of Verse. I. The Heroic Hexameter: (i) Origin and General Structure. (ii) Subordinate Divisions. Excursus : {a) Hexameters in the Lyric and Tragic poets. (b) Statistics relating to Virgil's verse. II. The Collocation of Wordsin Epic Verse (Elision, Hiatus, Etc.). III. The Elegiac Couplet. IV. Anapa e...
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