A System of Greek Prosody and Metre
For the Use of Schools and Colleges; Together With the Choral Scanning of the Prometheus Vinctus of ?schylus, and the Ajax and ?dipus Tyrannus of Sophocles; To Which Are Appended Remarks on Indo Germanic Analogies

Excerpt from A System of Greek Prosody and Metre: For the Use of Schools and Colleges; Together With the Choral Scanning of the Prometheus Vinctus of schylus, and the Ajax and dipus Tyrannus of Sophocles; To Which Are Appended Remarks on Indo Germanic Analogies<br><br>An accurate acquaintance with the Prosody and Metres of the Greek Language is so necessary an accompaniment of true scholarship, that any attempt to advocate its claims to the notice of the student would be entirely superfluous. It must be admitted, however, that, while all among us are very ready to acknowledge the importance of this branch of learning, only a small number, comparatively, have been induced to make it a subject of careful study; and the result is, that, in matters appertaining to Greek Prosody and Metre, many of those who ought to be better acquainted with these topics display oftentimes a very lamentable want of accuracy. What renders this the more provoking is, that they who come among us from transatlantic seminaries of learning, where metrical studies are much more carefully pursued, frequently undertake to sit in judgment upon our violations of the laws of prosody and metre, when they themselves are at best but very poor representatives of the metrical knowledge which exists in their own countries.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.