Re: VIRGIL: Re:

[Leofranc Holford-Strevens]

Quod tamen, ne forte erret lector minus peritus, numquam licentia (quam 
dicunt) poetica fit: in omnibus enim istis versibus Troia adiectivum est 
ab eo quod est Troius derivatum, vel feminini generis et numeri 
singularis, ut puta cum dicit poeta Troia mater, Troia pubes, vel 
neutrius generis et numeri pluralis, ut puta cum Troia arma, Troia 
castra; verum enimvero, ubicumque Troia nomen urbis est, per duas 
syllabas effertur.

Leofranc Holford-Strevens

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In eodem contextu metrico verbum dactylicum TROIA cum diaeresi inueniri potest
etiam in Verg. Aen. 3,306. 509; 5,599; 7,521; 11,350 inque aliis poetis.


Carmine



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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Caris Amicis:  My AP Vergil class has found a line from Bk II, 763, that we

> cannot fit into dactylic hexameter.
>
> It reads:                    praedam adservabant.  Huc undique Troia gaza
>
Any advice?

Remember that vowel + final m is elided before initial vowel or h, and that
Troia here is an adjective and not a noun: the line scans (| = division
between feet, || caesura)

prae-d(am)ad|ser-va|bant. || huc | un-di-que | Tro-i-a | ga-za

spondee, spondee, spondee, dactyl, dactyl, and final spondee with short
syllable in place of long.

Leofranc Holford-Strevens
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