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[221] “ὅτι δωδεκασύλλαβος καὶ ἐκ σπονδείων”, It An.is not legitimate to conclude that any particularly solemn effect is aimed at; for in the first place the original forms were certainly “Πατροκλέϝεος” and possibly “δϝεελοῖο”; and in the second there is no lack of solemnity in dactylic lines — see note on 135.

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