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Preface Preface   blank   blank   blank   blank   blank   blank   blank |General information on Hexametrica, including its purpose, intended audience, and structure. Rhythms The Tradition   Fingers   Feet   Substitution   blank   blank   blank   blank |Basic information on the dactylic hexameter and how it was employed in Latin epic. Scansion Nature   Position   Example   Syllabification   Elision   Pauses   Divisions   lanknk |What you need to know about scanning hexameter verse, from syllables to caesurae.       Recitation Theory vs. practice   Example   A final word   blank   blank   blank   blank   blank |General principles on reading epic aloud, with emphasis on tempo vs. dramatic license.   Glossary Glossary   blank   blank   blank   blank   blank   blank   blank |An index of technical terms used throughout the Heximetrica site, with links to each term in context.
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