Trouble scanning a line in Plautus

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horus92
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Trouble scanning a line in Plautus

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This is line 312 of the Bacchides. It's meant to be Iambic Senarii.

quin in eapse aede Dianai conditum est

Right now I have

|? ? | S L | L S S | L L | L L | S L

Seems to be missing a couple of syllables or something.

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Re: Trouble scanning a line in Plautus

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Hm, does this work?

quīn in e|āps(e) ae|de Dī|ānā|ī con|ditum (e)st
L S S | L L | S L | L L | L L | S L

Lewis & Short note that the i in Diana sometimes is scanned long.

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Re: Trouble scanning a line in Plautus

Post by horus92 »

Ahh I did not realize that, yeah that works beautifully, thanks a lot!

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