See 23, 1, 4). Many prefer 23, 1, 3).

1), 2), 4) ~~—-|~~~~||, Ionic Dipody.

8) ~~—-|~~-~|~~--|~~——||, Ionic Tetrapody.

Miserarum est neque amori

Dare ludum, neque dulci

Mala vino lavere, aut exanimari metuentes

Patruæ verbera linguæ. Od. III., 12.

30. INDEX TO THE LYRIC METRES OF HORACE.

The Metres of Catullus are twelve in number, as follows:

1. LESSER SAPPHIC STANZA. In two Carmina, XI., LI.

Identical with the same in Horace, 29, 2, except that the second foot in the first three verses should be.

Nec meum respectet, ut ante, amorem,
Qui illius culpa cecidit, velut prati
Ultimi flos, praetereunte postquam
Tactus aratro est. Carm. XI.

2. GREATER or FIFTH ASCLEPIADEAN STANZA. In one Carmen. Identical with the same in Horace, 29, 8, except that diaeresis between the series is not strictly observed as in Horace. See note below.

Alfene inmemor atque unanimis false sodalibus,
Jam te nil miseret, dure, tui dulcis amiculi ?

Jam me prodere, jam non dubitas fallere, perfide?

Nec facta impia fallacum hominum caelicolis placent. Carm. XXX. NOTE.-Observe that in the last verse above the first diaeresis would fall after the syllable fal- in fallacum. Horace carefully avoids such defects.

3. FIRST GLYCONIC STANZA (only in Catullus). In one Carmen.

Four verses.

1), 2), 3) −≥ | ~~~|

AI, Second Glyconic Catalectic, 28, 4.

4) −≥ |~~~ | — ~ ||, Second Pherecratēan, 28, 3.

Sis quocunque tibi placet

Sancta nomine, Romulique,

Antique ut solita es, bona

Sospites ope gentem. Carm. XXXIV.

NOTE.-Catullus usually employs a Trochee, sometimes an Iambus, in the first measare of the Second Glyconic, while Horace has nearly always a Spondee. In the Second Pherecratean, Catullus employs an Iambus sometimes in the first measure and a Trochee in the last. Horace has generally a Spondee last.

4. SECOND GLYCONIC STANZA (only in Catullus). In one Carmen. Five verses. 1), 2), 3), 4) Second Glyconic Catalectic; 5) Second Pherecratean. See preceding stanza, 3.

Collis O Heliconii

Cultor, Uraniae genus,

Qui rapis teneram ad virum

Virginem, O Hymenaee Hymen,

O Hymen Hymenaee. Carm. LXI.

NOTE.-In this stanza, Catullus never uses the Iambus at the beginning of a verse, as he sometimes does in the last, 3.

Munus hoc mihi maximi || da, Colonia, risus. Carm. XVII.

NOTE. It is rare to find in Asynartēte verses (11) the syncopated syllable that ends the first series, short. There are one or two instances of this in Catullus' Priapean. Moreover, there are two or three verses in which an elided syllable breaks over the diaeresis. To illustrate :

Insulsissimus est homo, Il nec sapit pueri instar,

Ne supinus eat cava || que in palude recumbat.

6. PHALAECIAN (IIendecasyllable), 28, 12. In forty Carmina.

Metrum Monocōlum. Not grouped in stanzas.

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Lugetc, O Veneres Cupidinesque. Carm. III.

NOTE.-See 28, 12. There is no fixed caesura. It occurs most frequently after the arsis of the third foot, or of the second.

This is one of the four lyrical metres elaborated by Catullus, the others being the pure Iambic, the Scazon, and the Glyconic; and in them he was not surpassed by any later poet.

7. 1) IAMBIC TRIMETER (Senarius), 24, 3. In two Carmina. Metrum Monocōlum. Not grouped in stanzas.

1122-21-2-2|-2-2

Phaselus ille, quem videtis, hospites. Carm. IV.

NOTE.-In this (Carmina IV., XXIX.) the Trimeter is pure-i. e., without the usual substitutions-and the coincidence of word-accent and rhythmical accent (ictus) is re

markable.

2) ARCHILOCHIAN TRIMETER, 24, 3. In one Carmen. Same as 1), but with the usual substitutions.

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Quid est, Catulle? quid moraris emori? Carm. LII.

8. IAMBIC SCAZON (Choliambus, Hipponactean), 24, 4. In eight Carmina.

Metrum Monocōlum. Not grouped in stanzas.

Peninsularum, Sirmio, insularumque. Carm. XXXI.

NOTE. In thirteen verses the pure scheme is found, in seventy-four verses a Spondeo stands in the first and third feet, in twenty-nine in the first, in thirteen in the third. The third foot is once a Dactyl, the second once a Tribrach.

9. IAMBIC SEPTENARIUS, 24, 2. In one Carmen. Metrum Monoculum. Not grouped in stanzas.

Deprensa navis in mari vesaniente vento. Carm. XXV.

NOTE.-This Carmen (XXV.) contains thirteen verses; six have the Iambi pure; five
a Spondee in the first foot, two a Spondee in first and fifth.

10. ELEGIAC STANZA, 22, 4. In fifty-two Carmina.

Two verses.

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Ne tua dicta vagis nequicquam credita ventis

Effluxisse meo forte putes animo. Carm. LXV.

NOTE. Catullus's Elegiac poems are not nearly so finished as those of the great mas-
ter of this Distich, Ovid. The sense should be complete with each Distich, a rule that
Catullus does not observe.

11. DACTYLIC HEXAMETER (Heroic), 22, 1. In two Carmina.
Metrum Monocolum. Not grouped in stanzas.

Namque fluentisono prospectans litore Diae. Carm. LXIV.

NOTE.-Spondaic lines are frequent. The word-accent and ictus generally coincide in
the last three feet of the verse. Alliteration is common.

The Hexameters of Catullus have a peculiar sweetness and charm, but their beauty is
apparent more in single lines than in a complex system.

12. GALLIAMBIC METRE, 23, 3. In one Carmen.
Metrum Monocōlum. Not grouped in stanzas.

3.

For the discussion and illustration of the Galliambic, see 23,
NOTE.-The Attis is the most original of all his poems. As a work of pure imagina-
tion, it is the most remarkable poetical creation in the Latin language. Sellar.

32. INDEX TO THE METRES OF CATULLUS.