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 : — 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: 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 μovóørpopov, consisting of a versus Asclepiadeus minor (see No. 8): i. 1; iii. 30; iv. 8. II. Metrum Asclepiadeum secundum, dikwλov dioτpopov, consisting of a versus Glyconicus (see No. 7), and a versus Asclepiadeus minor (see No. 8): 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 tetpáorpopov, consisting of two versus Asclepiadei minores (see No. 8), a versus Pherecratius (see No. 6), and a versus Glyconicus (see No. 7): i. 5, 14, 21, 23; îì. 7; iii. 7, 13; iv. 13. V. Metrum Asclepiadeum majus, povókwλov povóσtpopov, consisting of a versus Asclepiadeus major (see No. 9): VI. Metrum Sapphicum minus, díkwλov tetpáσtpopov, 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, VII. Metrum Sapphicum majus, dikwλov dioтpopov, consisting of a ver- VIII. Metrum Alcaicum, тpíkwλov тeтρáσтρopov, consisting of two ver- i. 9, 16, 17, 26, 27, 29, 31, 34, 35, 37; ii. 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15, 17, 19, IX. Metrum Archilochium primum, dikwλov dioтpopov, consisting of a ver- iv. 7. X. Metrum Archilochium secundum, dikwλov dioτpopov, consisting of a Epod. 13. XI. Metrum Archilochium tertium, dikwλov dioτpopov, consisting of a ver- Epod. 11. XII. Metrum Archilochium quartum, dikwλov dioтpopov, consisting of a i. 4. 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 povóστpopov, consisting of a versus iambicus senarius (see No. 3): XV. Metrum Iambicum secundum, dikwλov dioτpopov, consisting of a versus iambicus senarius (sce No. 3) and a versus iambicus quaternarius (see No. 1): Epod. 1-10. XVI Metrum Pythiambicum primum, dikwλov dioτpopov, 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, dikwλov díorpopov, consisting of a versus hexameter heroicus (see No. 17) and a versus iambicus senarius (see No. 3): ==|| Epod. 16. XVIII. Metrum Trochaicum, dikwλov díorpopor, consisting of a versus trochaicus dimeter catalectus (see No. 5) and a versus iambicus trimeter catalectus (see No. 2): 1 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, dixwλov тpioтpopov, consisting of two versus Ionici a minore tetrameter acatalecti (see No. 25) and one versus ionicus a minore dimeter acatalectus (see No. 24): iii. 12. |