Pindar and Nemea 1

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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

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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 :slight_smile:

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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.

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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.