Comparative Studies in Greek and Indic Meter:

Gregory Nagy

Published by Harvard University Press 1974

Comparative Studies in Greek and Indic Meter

Gregory Nagy

Volume 33 in the series Harvard Studies in Comparative Literature

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

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

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Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Copyright year: 1974
Edition: Reprint 2014
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Front matter: 20
- Main content: 335
Illustrations
- Other: 6 tables
Keywords: LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Indic; LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical; Greek language -- Metrics and rhythmics.; India -- Languages -- Versification.

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Published: October 1, 2013
ISBN: 9780674182646

Hardcover

Published: February 5, 1974
ISBN: 9780674182639