# Enchridion de Metris 4-3

Hephaestion, Enchridion de Metris, Περὶ ἰαμβικοῦ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/hephaestion/enchridion-de-metris/4-3

(4) Ἔστιν ἐπίσημον ἐν τοῖς ἀκαταλήκτοις καὶ τὸ χωλὸν καλούμενον, ὅπερ τινὲς μὲν Ἱππώνακτος, τινὲς δὲ Ἀνανίου εὕρημά φασι, διαφέρει δὲ τοῦ ὀρθοῦ, ᾗ ἐκεῖνο μὲν τὸν τελευταῖον ἴαμβον ἔχει ἢ πυρρίχιον διὰ τὴν ἀδιάφορον, τοῦτο δὲ ἢ σπονδεῖον ἢ τροχαῖον. τὸ δὲ χωλὸν οὐ δέχεται τοὺς παραλήγοντας τρισυλλάβους πόδας, οὔτε δάκτυλον οὔτε τρίβραχυν οὔτε ἀνάπαιστον, ἀλλὰ μάλιστα μὲν ἴαμβον, ὅτε καὶ εὐπρεπές ἐστιν, (Callim. 92) ἀκούσαθ’ Ἱππώνακτος· οὐ γὰρ ἀλλ’ ἥκω, ἔσθ’ ὅτε δὲ καὶ σπονδεῖον, ὅτε καὶ τραχύτερον γίνεται, (Hipp. 48) εἰς ἄκρον ἕλκων, ὥσπερ ἀλλᾶντα ψύχων.

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Hephestion, Enchridion de Metris, ed. Maximilian Corsbruch. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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