Harvard Studies in Classical Philology · 1998 · 25 citations · 7 references
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instrumental accompaniment (Wth~ noijotg), in which the rhapsodes used to intone their verses scanning time on their rhabdos (as already implied by Hes. Th. 30 orirVtpov meaning iJ43'8o;). Consequently the verse is isometric (meter entirely d), as the dactylic hexameter is, and the language is a polymorphic language and a formular diction, made by the hexameter and for the hexameter. In citharody the performance was a sung recitative, that is a recitative turning to song (taparxarakoyi, rtpooipia), accompanied by
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