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Meter in Greek and Latin Poetry
The major metric forms in Greek and Latin Poetry. Terms used in discussions of metrics and notations for stressed and unstressed syllables in the study of Greek and Latin poetry.
Introduction to Greek Meter
In addition to laying out the poetic meters, site explains mora, resolution and contraction, stikhoi, syllaba anceps, caesura, and more.
Aristotle's Tragic Terminology
Terms Aristotle used to describe tragedy.

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