⏑ – ⏑ – – ⏑ ⏑ ⏑ – – – ⏑ –
λογους | ελισσ|ων οτι | καθιστ|αιη | νομους (Ibid., 892).
It is rare in the first foot.
Least common of all is the anapæst (⏑⏑–), which appears only in the first foot, unless it is contained entirely in a proper name, when it can occur in any place save the sixth. This license is due to necessity: such a name as Ἀντῐγόνη could not otherwise be introduced into iambics at all. Examples:—
⏑ ⏑ – ⏑– ⏑ – ⏑ – – – ⏑ –
στεφανους | δρυος | τε μιλ|ακος τ|ανθεσφ|ορου (Bacchæ, 703).
– – ⏑ – ⏑ – ⏑ – ⏑⏑ – ⏑ –
δεσποιν|α γαρ | κατ οικ|ον Ερμ|ιονην | λεγω (Androm., 804).
Occasionally a line is to be found with two or even three resolved feet:—
– – ⏑ ⏑ ⏑ – ⏑ ⏑ ⏑ – ⏑ – ⏑ –
λουτροισ|ιν αλοχ|ου περι|πεσων | πανυστ|ατοις (Orestes, 367).
– ⏑ ⏑ ⏑ – – ⏑ ⏑ ⏑ – ⏑ – ⏑ –
μητερα | το σωφρ|ον τ ελαβ|εν αντ|ι συμφ|ορας (Ibid., 502).
⏑ ⏑ – ⏑ ⏑ ⏑ – ⏑ ⏑ ⏑ – ⏑ – ⏑ –
αναδελφ|ος απατ|ωρ αφιλ|ος ει | δε σοι | δοκει (Ibid., 310).
Two licenses should be noted. The last syllable of the line may be short; no doubt the pause[861] at the end was felt to help it out. Lines of this kind are innumerable, e.g.:—