Wednesday, February 17th, 2010...5:32 pmfrancese
Some Hexamater lists
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All 12 of the chief Roman gods (Ennius):
Iuno Vesta Minerva Ceres Diana Venus Mars
Mercurius Iovis Neptunus Volcanus Apollo
Ingredients of a cocktail called dodra (Ausonius):
Ius aqua mel vinum panis piper herba oleum sal
All letters of the Latin alphabet:
Duc, Zephyre exsurgens, durum cum flatibus aequor
All parts of speech:
Vae tibi lascivo, quia mox post gaudia flebis.
Or:
Vae tibi ridenti, quia mox post gaudia flebis.
For more in this vein, see the wonderful article by Harry C. Schnur, “The Factotum: Some Varieties of the Latin Hexameter,” The Classical World 53 (1960) 153-157.
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4 Comments
February 22nd, 2010 at 10:13 pm
These are really great. I actually used them to illustrate various features of the hexameter in class, and it was a nice bonus that each had an intrinsic value as well.
I’ve written about Latin hexameter pangrams, and even composed one of my own:
“heu Zama, quam Scipio celeber dux frangit inique!”
April 15th, 2010 at 7:43 pm
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Best regards,
Owen
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