The cæsura is neglected in i. 16. 21; i. 37. 5 and 14; ii. 17. 21; iii. 2. 5; iv. 14. 17. In ii. 20. 13 is a hiatus in the cæsura.

23. Versus Alcaicus enneasyllabus, consisting of an iambus, bacchius, and two trochees. A spondee is generally substituted for the iambus:

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Aedem que voti vam memento. ii. 17. 31.

In ii. 3. 27, elision takes place between the last syllable and the first of the succeeding verse, thus removing the syllable apparently superabundant.

24. Versus Ionicus a minore dimeter acatalectus : –

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25. Versus Anacreonticus, which is a versus Ionicus a minore tetrameter acatalectus:

IV. OF METRES.

Of these various verses, nineteen metres or systems are formed by Horace. I. Metrum Asclepiadeum primum, povókwλov povóσtpodov, consisting of a versus Asclepiadeus minor (see No. 8):

i. 1;

iii. 30; iv. 8.

II. Metrum Asclepiadeum secundum, dikwλov diotpopov, consisting of a versus Glyconicus (see No. 7), and a versus Asclepiadeus minor (see No. 8): —

Il

i. 3, 13, 19, 36; iii. 9, 15, 19, 24, 25, 28; iv. 1, 3.

III. Metrum Asclepiadeum tertium, δίκωλον τετράστροφον, consisting of three versus Asclepiadei minores (see No. 8), and a versus Glyconicus (see No. 7):

i. 6, 15, 24, 33; ii. 12; iii. 10, 16; iv. 5, 12.

IV. Metrum Asclepiadeum quartum, Tpikwλov Tetpáσtpopov, consisting of two versus Asclepiadei minores (see No. 8), a versus Pherecratius (see No. 6), and a versus Glyconicus (see No. 7):

11

i. 5, 14, 21, 23; ii. 7; iii. 7, 13; iv. 13.

V. Metrum Asclepiadeum majus, povókwλov povóσтpopov, consisting of a versus Asclepiadeus major (see No. 9):

i. 11, 18; iv. 10.

VI. Metrum Sapphicum minus, díxwλov Teтpáσтρopov, consisting of three versus Sapphici minores (see No. 11), and a versus Adonicus (see No. 13):

:

i. 2, 10, 12, 20, 22, 25, 30, 32, 38; ii. 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 16; iii. 8, 11, 14, 18, 20, 22,
27; iv. 2, 6, 11. Carmen Saeculare.

VII. Metrum Sapphicum majus, díkwλov díorpopov, consisting of a ver-
sus Aristophanicus (see No. 10) and a versus Sapphicus major (see No. 12):—

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i. 8.

VIII. Metrum Alcaicum, Tpíkwλov Teтpáσrρodov, consisting of two ver-
sus Alcaici hendecasyllabi (see No. 22), a versus Alcaicus enneasyllabus (see
No. 23), and a versus Alcaicus decasyllabus (see No. 18):-

i. 4.

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i. 9, 16, 17, 26, 27, 29, 31, 34, 35, 37; ii. 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15, 17, 19,
20; iii. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 17, 21, 23, 26, 29; iv. 4, 9, 14, 15.

IX. Metrum Archilochium primum, dikwλov dioтpopov, consisting of a ver-
sus hexameter heroicus (see No. 17) and a versus Archilochius minor (see
No. 14):-

iv. 7.

X. Metrum Archilochium secundum, dikwλov dioτpopov, consisting of a
versus hexameter heroicus (see No. 17) and a versus iambelegus (see No. 20):-

-

11

Epod. 13.

XI. Metrum Archilochium tertium, dikwλov dioтpopov, consisting of a ver-
sus iambicus trimeter acatalectus (see No. 3) and a versus dactyliambicus
(see No. 21): -

Epod. 11.

XII. Metrum Archilochium quartum, dikwλov dioτpopov, consisting of a
versus Archilochius major (see No. 19) and a versus iambicus trimeter cata-
lectus (see No. 2): -

XIII. Metrum Alcmanium, díkwλov díorpopov, consisting of a versus hexameter heroicus (see No. 17) and a versus tetrameter heroicus (see No. 15):

i. 7, 28; Epod. 12.

XIV. Metrum Iambicum primum, povókwλov povóσtpopov, consisting of a versus iambicus senarius (see No. 3):

Epod. 17.

XV. Metrum Iambicum secundum, dikwλov dioтpopov, consisting of a versus iambicus senarius (see No. 3) and a versus iambicus quaternarius (see No. 1):

Epod. 1-10.

XVI Metrum Pythiambicum primum, dixwdov diorpopov, consisting of a versus hexameter heroicus (see No. 17) and a versus iambicus dimeter acatalectus (see No. 1): —

Epod. 14, 15.

XVII. Metrum Pythiambicum secundum, dixwλov díorpopov, consisting of a versus hexameter heroicus (see No. 17) and a versus iambicus senarius (see No. 3):

Epod. 16.

XVIII. Metrum Trochaicum, díxodov díorpopor, consisting of a versus trochaicus dimeter catalectus (see No. 5) and a versus iambicus trimeter catalectus (see No. 2):

-

iii. 12.

Some consider this metre as μονόκωλον μονόστροφον, in which case it is a versus trochaicus pentameter brachycatalectus; but, the last syllable of the trochaic line being evidently doubtful, we must consider the metre as díorpopov, or at least as a versus asynartetus.

ii. 18.

XIX. Metrum Ionicum a minore, dikwλov tpiotpopov, consisting of two versus Ionici a minore tetrameter acatalecti (see No. 25) and one versus ionicus a minore dimeter acatalectus (see No. 24):

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LIST OF THE ODES,

VIII.

III.

VIII.

VIII.

VIII.

VI.

VIII.

XVIII.

VIII.

VIII.

VIII.

VIII.

VIII.

VIII.

588

BECK'S METRES.

Metr. VIII. Lib. IV. - Od. 9.

Lib. III. Od. 23.
24.

10.
11.

II.
II.
VIII.
VI.

12.

25. 26. 27. 28. 29.

901

II.
VIII.

13.
14.
15.
1-10.

30.

I. Epod.

Lib. IV. Od. 1.

11.

II.
VI.

2.

3.

II.
VIII.

4.

12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17.

5.

6.
7.

III.
VI.
IX.

I. Carmen Saeculare.

8.

Metr. VIII.
V.

VI.

III.

IV. VIII. VIII.

XV.

XI. XIII.

XVI. XVI. XVII.

XIV.

VI.