Under the blossom that hangs on the bough,
are dactylic tetrapodies with catalexis.
(c) Spondees.—It is not certain that these are used as a base, though as a variant in anapæstic and dactylic metre they are common. Iph. Taur., 123-5, may be taken as spondees:—
εὐφαμεῖτ’ ὦ
πόντου δισσὰς συγχωρούσας
πέτρας Ἀξείνου ναίοντες.
– –|– –|
– –|– –|– –|– –|
– –|– –|– –|– –|
But they may be quasi-anapæsts, the whole passage which they introduce being an anapæstic entrance-march, though heavily spondaic. Ion, 125-7:
ὦ Παιάν, ὦ Παιάν,
εὐαίων, εὐαίων