ὑπομένεις με τὸν τυφλὸν κηδεύων.
(κηδευ͐ων). Evidently it is important to accustom one’s ear thoroughly to the basic form ⏑– –⏑– and to ⏑⏑⏑–⏑–. Another instance may be of use:—
ἆρα πύλαι κλῄθροις χαλκόδετ’ ἔμβολά τε
λαϊνέοισιν Ἀμφίονος ὀργάνοις
τείχεος ἥρμοσται; (Phœnissæ, 114 sqq.).
˃⁝⏑⏑–˃|–˃‖⏑⏑–⏑|⏑⏑ꞈ‖
⏑⁝⏑⏑–⏑|–˃‖⏑⏑–⏑|–ꞈ‖
˅⁝⏑⏑–˃|–ꞈ‖.
The last division of our subject is the different types of period, the various ways in which cola are combined and correspond. It should be noted that a colon with anacrusis can correspond to one without; so of catalexis and τονή.
(i) The simplest form is the stichic (στίχος “a row”), in which the cola are of the same length. The scheme
⎧ a ⎧ 2 ⎧ 4 ⎧ 6 ⎧ ais ⎨ —that is ⎨ or ⎨ or ⎨ , etc.—or ⎨ a and so forth:
⎩ a ⎩ 2 ⎩ 4 ⎩ 6 ⎩ a
πᾶς γὰρ ἱππηλάτας