Part I - Early poetry
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
Summary
Most of the verse translated in this part was originally in dactylic hexameter, the traditional form for epic poetry; elegiac couplets (dactylic hexameter alternating with shorter dactylic lines) are indicated by the indenting of every second line.
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- Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1995