On the Role of Accent in Ancient Greek Poetry: Pitch Patterns in the Homeric Hexameter

This paper attempts to prove that Ancient Greek tonal accent had a role in the composition of poetry, in particular of Homeric poetry. In order to do this, after a methodological discussion on how to show that accent was indeed taken into account when composing, the author conducts several tests reg...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Abritta, Alejandro
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/110672
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/110672
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:GREEK POETRY
ACCENT
HEXAMETER
HOMER
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.2
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6
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Sumario:This paper attempts to prove that Ancient Greek tonal accent had a role in the composition of poetry, in particular of Homeric poetry. In order to do this, after a methodological discussion on how to show that accent was indeed taken into account when composing, the author conducts several tests regarding trochaic ending words in the hexameter.