Cole Thomas. Epiploke: Rhythmical Continuity and Poetic Structure in Greek Lyric

Cambridge (Mass.). London: Published by the Department of the Classics Harvard University. — Distributed by Harvard University Press, 1988. –– XV, 267 p. — (Loeb Classical Monographs in Memory of James Loeb). — ISBN 0-674-25822-3.Abbreviations. Introductory Note: Basic Terms and Notation. Basic Forms of Epiploke and their Interrelation: Colon, Metron, Epiploke. Tetradic Rhythm (Iono-choriambic, Iambo-trochaic). Prosodiac and Heptadic Aeolic. Octadic Aeolic. Antispastic, Dochmiac, Bacchio-cretic. Preliminary Conclusions. Epiploke in the History of Greek Verse: The Beginnings (Alcman, Stesichorus, Sappho and Alcaeus). Late Archaic Lyric. Aeschylus. Sophocles and Early Euripides. The Late Fifth Century and After. Appendices. Tables.