Comparative Studies in Greek and Indic Meter

Gregory Nagy

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Comparative Studies in Greek and Indic Meter

Gregory Nagy

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 1974

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Volume 33 | Harvard Studies in Comparative Literature

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Nagy Gregory :

Gregory Nagy is Francis Jones Professor of Classical Greek Literature and Professor of Comparative Literature at Harvard University and Director of Harvard’s Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington, D.C.

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Linguistics and Semiotics Theoretical Frameworks and Disciplines Linguistics, other

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Foreword by Cedric H. Whitman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	vii
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	xv
Checklist of Greek (G) and Indie (I) Metrical Terminology Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	xvii
Symbols Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	xxi
Abbreviations of Editions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	xxii
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
Part I. κλέος ἄϕϑιτον and Greek Meter
1. The Common Heritage of Greek and Indie Meter; A Survey Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	27
2. Internal Expansion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	37
3. On the Origins of Dactylic Hexameter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	49
4. The Metrical Context of κλέος ἄϕϑιτον in Epic and Lyric Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	103
5. The Wedding of Hektor and Andromache: Epic Contacts in Sappho 44LP Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	118
6 . Formula and Meter ; A Summary Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	140
Part II. śráνα(ѕ) áκṣtαm and Indie Meter
7. The Metrical Context of Rig-Vedic śráνα(ѕ) áκṣitαm and áκṣt śráναѕ Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	153
8. An Inquiry into the Origins of Indie Trimeter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	166
9. The Distribution of Rig-Vedic śráναѕ: An Intensive Correlation of Phraseology with Meter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	191
Epilogue: The Hidden Meaning of κλέος ἄϕϑιτον and śráνα(ѕ) áκṣitαm Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	229
Appendix A. μήδεα and ἄϕδιτα μήδεα εἰώϚ Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	265
Appendix B. Dovetailing: Speculations on Mechanics and Origins Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	279
Selected Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	303
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	325

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October 1, 2013

eBook ISBN:

9780674182646

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February 5, 1974

Hardcover ISBN:

9780674182639

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Reprint 2014

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20

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335

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6 tables

https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674182646

eBook ISBN: 9780674182646

Hardcover ISBN: 9780674182639

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LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Indic; LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical; Greek language -- Metrics and rhythmics.; India -- Languages -- Versification.

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Professional and scholarly;

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