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  • It was called Loki Bound and was as classical as any Humanist could have desired, with Prologos, Parodos, Epeisodia, Stasima, Exodos, Stichomythia, and (of course) one passage in trochaic septenarii-with rhyme.

    Surprised by Joy Lewis, C. S. 1955

  • It was mostly written in trochaic septenarii. (_b_) _Epicharmus_ (in trochaic tetrameters), dealing with Pythagoreanism in the department of physics. (_c_) _Euhemerus_ or _Sacra Historia_, modelled on Euhemerus 'ἱερὰ ἀναγραφή, [16] the doctrines of which were applied to the religion of Rome.

    The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Thomas Ross Mills

  • Most are iambic senarii, some trochaic septenarii.

    The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Thomas Ross Mills

  • Books i. -xx. and xxx. were in hexameters; xxii. in elegiacs; xxvi. -xxvii. in trochaic septenarii; and the next two in trochaic septenarii, iambic senarii, and hexameters.

    The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Thomas Ross Mills

  • Iambic senarii were spoken; other metres were sung; but the scenes in septenarii stood midway between the dialogue and the _canticum_.

    The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Thomas Ross Mills

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