Thursday, July 25, 2019
Some Hexameters in Heiric of Auxerre's Life of St. Germanus
In Heiric of Auxerre, Vita Sancti Germani, ed. Ludwig Traube, Poetae Latini Aevi Carolini, Tomus III = Monumenta Germaniae Historica. Poetarum Latinorum Medii Aevi Tomus III (Berlin: Weidmann, 1896), pp. 428-517, I find some examples of hexameter lines consisting entirely of words of the same kind in asyndeton.
I.117 (nouns, p. 442):
Newer› ‹Older
I.117 (nouns, p. 442):
Sceptra, magistratus, tituli, praetoria, sellaeV.7 (adjectives, p. 489):
Torva ferox ventosa procax incauta rebellisVI.313 (adjectives, p. 509):
Triste minax querulum lacrimabile prodigiosumFor similar hexameter lines in Greek and Latin see:
- Some Lines in Lucretius
- Asyndeton Filling Hexameters
- Asyndeton Filling Hexameters in Sidonius
- Verse-Filling Asyndeton
- Verse-Filling Asyndeton: Some Greek Examples
- Another Greek Example of Verse-Filling Asyndeton
- More Examples of Asyndeton Filling Hexameters
- Asyndeton Filling Hexameters in Corippus
- Twelve Gods
- Seven Cities
- A Hexameter Consisting of Nouns in Asyndeton
- More Hexameters Consisting of Words in Asyndeton
- Hexameters Consisting of Words in Asyndeton: Dracontius
- Zopyrus' Victims
- A Latin Hexameter Consisting of Adjectives in Asyndeton
- Hexameters Consisting Entirely of Words in Asyndeton: More Greek Examples
- A Sojourn in the Country
- Destruction
- Hexameters Consisting Entirely of Words in Asyndeton: A Horatian Example
- Asyndeton Filling Hexameters: Bernard of Cluny, De Contemptu Mundi, Book I
- A Good Land
- A Greek Hexameter Consisting of Adjectives in Asyndeton
- Trifles