Greek Metrics -- WELCOME!

Here are my efforts to explain the practical workings

of meter and scansion in ancient Greek poetry.

I assume you have a fairly sophisticated knowledge

of ancient Greek (especially the Homeric dialect)

before you proceed with these comments and exercises.

If you are interested in continuing, click HERE (please

note that the link CHAPTER on these pages is

a dead-end -- this project was part of

a larger web-site now dismantled).