Excerpt from Prosodia Graeca, or an Exposition of the Greek Metres by Rules and Examples: Also a Treatise on the Use of the Digamma in the Poems of Homer, With Rules for the Structure of Greek Hexameter Verse; To Which Is Subjoined an Appendix on the Power of the Ictus Metricus in Iambic, Trochaic and Anapaestic Verse Student. I think I may venture to assert that, with these exceptions very few words will be found omitted in which any of the doubtful vowels are long; and that such Stu. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.