The Odes of Pindar
Arthur Way's rhymed English version of all forty-five victory odes, for winners at Olympia, Delphi, Nemea and the Isthmus.
Measured across the book
Across its 4,404 lines, 84% of stressed syllables fall on the beat (95% interval 84% to 85%). Alliteration runs at 1.04 times what shuffling the words would give (0.35 observed against 0.34 expected). 34% of the lines have a feminine ending.
Baselines and intervals are described in the methods.
Contents
Olympian Iiambic pentameter · ABABCCDEEDFGFGHHG · 192 linesOlympian IIABABCCB · 100 linesOlympian IIIiambic pentameter · 81 linesOlympian IVanapaestic tetrameter · 35 linesOlympian VAABB · 24 linesOlympian VIiambic pentameter · ABABCDCDC · 135 linesOlympian VIIAABCBCCB · 125 linesOlympian VIIIiambic pentameter · ABABCDCD · 104 linesOlympian IXiambic pentameter · 176 linesOlympian Xiambic heptameter · ABABCC · 105 linesOlympian XIiambic pentameter · 31 linesOlympian XIIABABCDCD · 26 linesOlympian XIIIiambic pentameter · 160 linesOlympian XIVanapaestic tetrameter · AABB · 30 linesPythian I170 linesPythian IIABCCCABDEFFFDE · 168 linesPythian IIIiambic pentameter · 210 linesPythian IVAABB · 364 linesPythian Viambic pentameter · 144 linesPythian VIiambic tetrameter · 72 linesPythian VII24 linesPythian VIIIiambic pentameter · 135 linesPythian IXiambic pentameter · 195 linesPythian XAABB · 60 linesPythian XIiambic pentameter · AABBCCDD · 88 linesPythian XIIABABCDCD · 32 linesNemean IAABB · 57 linesNemean IIAABBA · 25 linesNemean IIIAABBCCDD · 88 linesNemean IViambic pentameter · AABBCBCDDEE · 132 linesNemean VABABCCC · 60 linesNemean VIiambic heptameter · 75 linesNemean VIIiambic pentameter · 180 linesNemean VIIIAABB · 48 linesNemean IX55 linesNemean XAABBCC · 92 linesNemean XIiambic heptameter · AABB · 48 linesIsthmian IAABB · 112 linesIsthmian IIAABB · 54 linesIsthmian IIIAABBCC · 22 linesIsthmian IV88 linesIsthmian VABABCC · 63 linesIsthmian VI78 linesIsthmian VIIABABCC · 57 linesIsthmian VIIIiambic heptameter · AABB · 84 lines
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