Ἀνάπαιστα
anapaests
Translated by Jennifer Benedict12 May 2001Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
Properly these are the lyric odes in the parabases of choruses, but peculiarly those of rhythms.1
They call every parabasis "anapaests". "[If any comic poet] had come forward before and praised himself in the anapaests"; Aristophanes says [this] in Peace.2
"And playful writings [sc. were directed] against this, and they were singing anapaests against [the] Romans."3
But [masculine] "anapaest" also means a type of meter of lines.4
They call every parabasis "anapaests". "[If any comic poet] had come forward before and praised himself in the anapaests"; Aristophanes says [this] in Peace.2
"And playful writings [sc. were directed] against this, and they were singing anapaests against [the] Romans."3
But [masculine] "anapaest" also means a type of meter of lines.4