Abbreviations

Introductory Note: Basic Terms and Notation

PART ONE: Basic Forms of Epiploke and their Interrelation

1. Colon, Metron, Epiploke

2. Tetradic Rhythm (Iono-choriambic, Iambo-trochaic)

3. Prosodiac and Heptadic Aeolic

4. Octadic Aeolic

5. Antispastic, Dochmiac, Bacchio-cretic

6. Preliminary Conclusions

PART TWO: Epiploke in the History of Greek Verse

7. The Beginnings (Alcman, Stesichorus, Sappho and Alcaeus)

8. Late Archaic Lyric

9. Aeschylus

10. Sophocles and Early Euripides

11. The Late Fifth Century and After

APPENDICES

I: Terminal -˘˘-˘- in Dactylic

II: Responsion in Bacchylides 17

III: Aeolic in Simonides, Pindar and Bacchylides

IV: The "lambepos"

V: Disjunct Composition in Post-Aeschylean Choral Lyric

VI: "Major Ionic" -x-˘ and --˘˘ in Drama

VII: POxy 2687

VIII: Irrational Longs in Dramatic Lyric

TABLES I: Hellenistic Ionic (Minor) II: Hellenistic Ionic (Major) III: The Demarcations |x-˘-_˘ ˘- and |-˘-_˘˘- IV: lono-choriambic in Combination with Prosodiac V: Heptadic Aeolic VI: ˘˘-˘˘-˘-(x) and Longer Variants VII: "Dochmelegi," "Sesquiambi" and Related Forms VIII: Lesbian Aeolic IX: Derivation of Greek Verse Forms X: Possible Instances of Irrational Long in Greek Lyric