Dochmiac information

Dochmiac (Ancient Greek: δοχμιακός, from δόχμιος 'across, aslant, oblique',^[1] or 'pertaining to a δοχμή or hand's-breath'^[2]) is a poetic meter that is characteristically used in Greek tragedy, expressing extreme agitation or distress. They appear in every extant tragedy—N.C. Conomis counted a total of 1,985 in the tragedies of Aeschylus (528×), Sophocles (291×), and Euripides (1166×)^[3]—, but there are also examples in satyric drama and Aristophanes, where they are often paratragic in tone and impassioned.^[4]

^ Liddell & Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=do%2Fxmios&la=greek#lexicon
^ Oxford English Dictionary.
^ Conomis, N.C. (1964). "The Dochmiacs of Greek Drama". Hermes (1): 23–50. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
^ West, Martin (1982). Greek Metre. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 108-115: 108–109.

[1] Liddell & Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=do%2Fxmios&la=greek#lexicon

[2] Oxford English Dictionary.

[3] Conomis, N.C. (1964). "The Dochmiacs of Greek Drama". Hermes (1): 23–50. Retrieved 25 July 2022.

[West-4] West, Martin (1982). Greek Metre. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 108-115: 108–109.

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