CONTENTS.*)

FIRST LECTURE.

Methodological problems.

There is a definable prose-rhythm 1; different authors show different distribution of metrical forms; the synkri- seis of show the same peculiarities as the Lives themselves 6; avoids *—"—-v, wwww, wwwww; a metrical effect can only be produced either by choice of words or by arrangement of words 11; Thumb points out the necessity of comparing clausula- rhythm with sentence-rhythm 14.

SECOND LECTURE.

Methodological problems; sentence-metre of Demosthenes.

It is necessary to investigate longer series of syllables 18; is entirely or almost entirely careless of the arrangement of long and short syllables in the sentence as appears from a comparison with other authors and from theoretical calculations 20; tendency of increasing avoidance of www, www, etc. in Demosthenes, and

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http://d-nb.info/366028588 VIII other tendencies; Norden's scheme for the clausula of Demosthenes is wrong 33; how to determine the length of the clausula in Demosthenes and other authors 36.

THIRD LECTURE.

Methodological problems; clausula of Plutarch and Philo Judaeus.

Mathematical problems 40. Tendency of increasing avoidance of , —, etc. in Plutarch 42; Plutarch has only three 'clausulae': www—, —w w, —w—w, 43; tendency in favour of forms in the whole sentence 49; tendency in favour of forms in the clausula only 49; importance for textual criticism 50; length of the clausula of Plutarch 52; clausula of Philo 54.

FOURTH LECTURE.

Plato.

Clausula of 59; importance of the fourth paeon; the quantity of the final syllable of the clausula is not indifferent 62; Bornecque on the negative clausula 65; the clausula heroica of is not an hexameter-ending 66; evolution of the clausula of Plato 68; clausula of the IX

five chronological groups; chronology of the Phaedrus 69; its metre has influenced statistics of words 75; therefore the current method of using the statistics to determine the chronology of these dialogues is quite wrong 79.

FIFTH LECTURE.

Chariton, Libanius, Herodes, Lesbonax, typology.

Consequences of the application of non-comparing methods by Heibges for Charito, by Heitmann for Libanius 83; typology is probably absent in the Greek clausula (Novotny) 90; Zander's hypothesis 94; quintessence of prose-rhythm and of the clausula 96.

SIXTH LECTURE.

History of the method of research; first stage of the clausula.

Merits of Litzica, Jordan, Maas, Thumb, Novotny, Kroll, Laurand 98; value of antique theory 102; value of statistics 105; origin of the clausula 107; three stages in the evolution of the Greek clausula, 1°; classical stage, 2°; Hellenistic stage, 3°; rhythmical stage 109; theory of impoverishment 110; general features of Greek sentence- metre 112- X

SEVENTH LECTURE.

Development of the claiisula; Wilamowitz.

Typology preserves the falling rhythm 119; the quantity of the final syllable is not indifferent 121; reso- lutions and by-forms 123; relation between Greek and prose-metre, 125; in Latin prose we note two groups of metrical authors: 1°. Sallust and Livy, 2°. Cicero and the others 125; clausula of Sallust and Livy a typical Latin clausula 127; clausula of Cicero influenced by Hegesias of Magnesia or others 128; characteristics of the Hellenistic stage 130; incorrect view of Wilamowitz in 'Asianismus und Atticismus' and 'Kultur der Gegenwart'.

EIGHTH LECTURE.

Last stage; rhythm and the Greek language.

Origin of the Greek rhythmical clausula 132; the diffe- rences between the Greek and the Latin accent-clausula correspond with those between the Greek and the Latin quantitative clausula 133; the Greek rhythmical clausula is an imitation of the Greek quantitative clausula 134; influence of prose-rhythm upon order of words 138; upon choice of words 141; importance of prose-rhythm for textual criticism 143. XI

NINTH LECTURE.

Statistical and mathematical problems 14.7.

TABLES.

Frequency of —, , , etc. in different authors 167, 172, ditto of —, — w, www, etc. 172, 176; clausula of Thrasymachus 182; of the more parts of Thucydides 183; of Thucydides 184; of Demosthenes; sentence-metre of Demosthenes as compared with that of Thucydides 186; clausula of Isocrates 188; of Plato 190; criteria for the chronological order of Plato's dialogues; clausula of Plutarch 194; of Philo 196; general tables 196—197; typology of the clausula 197.

BIBLIOGRAPHY, p. 200.

CURVES.

Thucydides' clausula and sentence-metre 219; Demos- thenes 220; Plato 221; Philo 222; Plutarch 223; Livy 224; Cicero 226.

INDEX.