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Magis rythmus quam metron: structuur en colometrie van de anapestische cantica van Seneca

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In this contribution I analyze the metrical structure of Seneca's anapaests.
After a brief introduction, I first develop a theoretical framework, with special
attention to the boundaries of metrical periods. In the next sections, I
challenge the common practice of subdividing long anapaestic passages into
socalled anapaestic dimeters. I propose a new analysis in which such a subdivision
is not made, yielding a structure that formally resembles the πνιγη of
classical Greek comedy.

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How to Cite: Danckaert, L. (2008) “Magis rythmus quam metron: structuur en colometrie van de anapestische cantica van Seneca”, Handelingen - Koninklijke Zuid-Nederlandse maatschappij voor taal- en letterkunde en geschiedenis. 62(0). doi: https://doi.org/10.21825/kzm.v62i0.17438