Pindar and Nemea 1

Dean · Post by **Dean** » Fri Sep 23, 2005 5:41 am

I am working on Pindar's Nemean 1. I was just wondering if anyone would know anything about the meter of the poem. I need the schema for it (the strope and epode.) Although I think I can figure out the meter for myself, I just need to double-check it. Any help would be appreciated!

Dean

chad · Post by **chad** » Fri Sep 23, 2005 7:05 am

Hi what have you worked out so far? Someone here might have a schema, like you said though it's not too hard to figure it out for yourself

GlottalGreekGeek · Post by **GlottalGreekGeek** » Fri Sep 23, 2005 11:09 pm

This is straight from my Pindar Loeb :

The dactylo-epitritic rhythm combines the dactyl ( - u u ) and its equivalents, with the epitrite ( - u - - ) and its equivalents. About half of the Odes are in this rhythm ... We may assume that all the dactylo-epitritic Odes are in the Dorian mode.

Nemean 1 is included in the list of "dactylo-epitritic" odes.

Dean · Post by **Dean** » Sun Sep 25, 2005 5:05 am

This is the schema I have worked out for the strophe of Nemea 1.

LLsLsLsL
LLssLLssLssL
LssLssL
sLsLLssssssL
LssLddLsslllsLLLsL
LsLsLssLssLLsLssLLLLsLLLsL

Sorry I haven't figured out symbols for scansion yet but L is long and s is short.

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Pindar and Nemea 1

Pindar and Nemea 1

Schema I have worked out