# Enchridion de Metris 5-2

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/hephaestion/enchridion-de-metris/5-2

(5) Τῷ δὲ δακτύλῳ τῷ κατὰ τὰς περιττὰς ἐμπίπτοντι χώρας ἥκιστα οἱ ἰαμβοποιοὶ ἐχρήσαντο ποιηταί, σπανίως δὲ καὶ οἱ τραγικοί, οἱ δὲ κωμικοὶ συνεχῶς ὥσπερ καὶ ἐν τῷ ἰαμβικῷ τῷ ἐπὶ τῆς ἀρτίου ἀναπαίστῳ· ἑκάτερον γὰρ ἄλογον· οὔτε γὰρ ἐν τῷ ἰαμβικῷ ἐχρῆν ἀνάπαιστον ἐπὶ τῆς ἀρτίου χώρας, ἐφ’ ἧς οὐδὲ σπονδεῖος ἐγχωρεῖ, οὗ λύσις ἐστὶν ὁ ἀνάπαιστος, οὔτε ἐν τῷ τροχαϊκῷ ἐπὶ τῆς περιττῆς τὸν δάκτυλον, ἐφ’ ἧς οὐδὲ σπονδεῖος ἐγχωρεῖ, οὗ ὁμοίως λύσις ὁ δάκτυλος.

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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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg1402.tlg001.local001/.