On the Ionic rhythm: enigmata and pedagogical virtues of a misunderstood meter
Abstract
The article defends, following in the footsteps of Agustín García Calvo, a rhythmic interpretation of Ionic meter that differs significantly from the one commonly accepted in handbooks of Greek and Roman meter. At the same time, the importance of always distinguishing between the prosodic scheme of a given verse and the durational values that those syllables would have in the actual execution of the verse (whether recited or sung) is generally insisted upon; in the case of Ionic meter, it is argued, this distinction is vital for its proper understanding.
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