Comparative Studies in Greek and Indic Meter / Gregory Nagy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nagy, Gregory, author.

Series:

Harvard Studies in Comparative Literature

Harvard Studies in Comparative Literature ; 33

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Greek language--Metrics and rhythmics.

Greek language.

India--Languages--Versification.

LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical.

LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Indic.

Local Subjects:

Greek language--Metrics and rhythmics.

India--Languages--Versification.

LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical.

LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Indic.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (355 p.)

Edition:

Reprint 2014

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Foreword by Cedric H. Whitman

Acknowledgments

Checklist of Greek (G) and Indie (I) Metrical Terminology

Symbols

Abbreviations of Editions

Introduction

Part I. κλέος ἄϕϑιτον and Greek Meter

1. The Common Heritage of Greek and Indie Meter; A Survey

2. Internal Expansion

3. On the Origins of Dactylic Hexameter

4. The Metrical Context of κλέος ἄϕϑιτον in Epic and Lyric

5. The Wedding of Hektor and Andromache: Epic Contacts in Sappho 44LP

6 . Formula and Meter ; A Summary

Part II. śráνα(ѕ) áκṣtαm and Indie Meter

7. The Metrical Context of Rig-Vedic śráνα(ѕ) áκṣitαm and áκṣt śráναѕ

8. An Inquiry into the Origins of Indie Trimeter

9. The Distribution of Rig-Vedic śráναѕ: An Intensive Correlation of Phraseology with Meter

Epilogue: The Hidden Meaning of κλέος ἄϕϑιτον and śráνα(ѕ) áκṣitαm

Appendix A. μήδεα and ἄϕδιτα μήδεα εἰώϚ

Appendix B. Dovetailing: Speculations on Mechanics and Origins

Selected Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)

ISBN:

0-674-18264-2

OCLC:

1013947584