‘Dancing in Chains’: Resolution in Sophocles’ Trimeters

Abstract It now seems clear that Euripides’ motive in progressively admitting more resolution in his iambic trimeters was to widen his vocabulary, but no such development is detectable in his near contemporary, Sophocles. The object of the following paper is to initiate examination into ways in whic...

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Veröffentlicht in:Glotta (Göttingen) 2022-01, Vol.98 (1), p.231-236
1. Verfasser: Parker, L. P. E
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Abstract It now seems clear that Euripides’ motive in progressively admitting more resolution in his iambic trimeters was to widen his vocabulary, but no such development is detectable in his near contemporary, Sophocles. The object of the following paper is to initiate examination into ways in which Sophocles avoided resolution and initial substitution and what effect such avoidance had on his vocabulary. For that purpose, I examine in particular verbs compounded with disyllabic prepositions and the devices by which Sophocles still contrived to use them.
ISSN:0017-1298
2196-9043
DOI:10.13109/glot.2022.98.1.231