Studies in Catullan Verse: An Analysis of Word Types and Patterns in the Patterns in the Polymetra

174 Pages·1972·9.168 MB·English

by  Julia Wolfe Loomis

STUDIES
IN CATULLAN VERSE
MNEMOSYNE
BIBLIOTHECA CLASSICA
ВАТАУА
COLLEGERUNT
W. DEN BOER • W. J. VERDENIUS • R. Е. Н. WESTENDORP BOERMA
BIВLIOTHECAE FASCICULOS EDENDOS CURAVIТ
W. J. VERDENIUS, HOMERUSLAAN 53, ZEIST
SUPPLEMENTUM VICESIMUM QUARTUM
JULIA W. LOOMIS
STUDIES
IN CATULLAN VERSE
LUGDUNI BATAVORUM Е. J. BRILL MCMLXXII
STUDIES
IN CATULLAN VERSE
AN ANALYSIS OF WORD TYPES AND
РАТТЕRNS
IN POL YMETRA
ТНЕ
ВУ
JULIA W. LOOMIS
LUGDUNI BATAVORUM Е. J. BRILL MCMLXXII
ISBN 90 04 03429 3
Copyright 1972 Ьу Е. J. вуш, Leiden, Netherlands
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface о о о о о о о IX
Principal Texts & Abbreviations ХI
Introduction о 1
10 Propositions о 1
ПО Method о о о 5
Sapphic Hendecasyllable 14
Phalaecean Hendecasyllable 34
Tables о о о О О О О О 61
Glyconic and Pherecratean Cola о 6з
Tables 84
Iambic Trimeter 87
Tables 100
Choliambics 102
Tables II7
Galliambics II9
Tables 1з6
Conclusion 139
Appendix
10 Septenarii о о о о О О О О О О О О О О О о о о 142
По Asclepiadean Major о о о о о о о о О О О О О О О 145
Пlо Charts & Graphs Illustrating Deployment of Trisylla-
bles о 150
Bibliography 153

PREFACE
This book was originally presented as а doctoral dissertation
to the Facu1ty of Philosophy of Columbia University in the spring
of 1968. Since then а number of books and articles оп the subject
of Catullus' poetry have appeared. None of them, however, has
апу direct bearing оп the basic purpose of this book, which is to
present а radically new approach to Greek and Latin quantitative
metrics, as developed Ьу Professor Howard Porter of Columbia
University. 1 have therefore not fe1t it necessary to make апу
revision in the text, a1though 1 have enlarged the bibliography
to include important recent publications. 1 would have liked to
have presented ту statistical material to the Dartmouth College
Computer center, since there is certainly much that сап Ье ascer
tained in the field of metrics Ьу modern computer methods. The
small number of lines to Ье considered, however, made the project
unrealistic.
Much of the material of the book was derived fomn а course
given under the joint sponsorship of the Department of Linguistics
and the Department of Greek and Latin at Columbia in the spring
of 1967 entitled "Language and Poetry." Thus 1 ат deeply in
debted to Professor J ohn Lotz for тапу of the definitions as
expressed in linguistic terminology, and to Professor Robert
Austerlitz for his assistance with charts. The greatest single debt
1 owe to Professor Howard Porter. His perception that the aesthetic
elements of а роет, its vocabulary, perfect1y chosen turns of phrase,
deep human truths, were so тапу lifeless disiecta тeтbra without
the unifying vibrant immediacy of the metrical pattern chosen
Ьу the poet as the medium of expression, was the prime mover
for this book.
Мапу other individuals have been of invaluable assistance. Chief
of these are Professor Gilbert Highet, Mark Ju piter of the Columbia
University library staff, and the two foreign scholars who sent
те copies of their own works: Professor Ernst Zinn of the Uni
versity of Tiibingen and Professor Francesco della Corte of the
University of Genoa. Last1y thanks are due to Patricia Horowitz,
not only for her painstaking care in the preparation of the type
script, but for her never failing enthusiasm and cheerfulness in
the {асе of аН the frustrations and changes such а task entails.
New York, October 1971 J. W.L.