elegeion
Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2005 10:46 pm
ἤδη ἑταῖρον ἔχεις ἀλλ’ ἥδυ γελᾷς παρά θ’ ἧσαι·
νῦν δὲ δίδως χάριτας τὰς ἐμὲ δεῖ μὴ ἔχειν;
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Well, hell. I'll have to fix that.whiteoctave wrote: what is your policy on Hermann's bridge?
And how does twinkie scan? Jaffa cake?i recently wrote a little 6 line Grk. elegiac on the (prestated) topic of 'junk food'.
A bridge is a place in the line where a word break is forbidden. Hermann's bridge says I cannot have a break in the fourth foot like so: - u | u. In my case, ἥδυ | γελᾷς breaks the rule.Kasper wrote:What's Hermann's bridge anyway