Prosody (Latin) long or short in some schemes to indicate natural syllable length but it is always long by position. A dactylic tetrameter catalectic is sometimes joined to the dactylic hexameter to form a couplet termed the Alcmanian Strophe, named after the lyric poet Alcman (some scholars however refer to the Alcmanian Strophe as the First Archilochian, as indeed there is a strong likeness between the two forms). Examples of the form are found in Horace's Odes ("carmina") and "Epodes", as here in his Epode 12. Note that the plosive + liquid combination pr in 'capreaeque', syllabified "ca.pre.ae.que", leaves the first open
Satires (Juvenal) Satires (Juvenal) The Satires are a collection of satirical poems by the Latin author Juvenal written in the early 2nd century AD. Juvenal is credited with sixteen known poems divided among five books; all are in the Roman genre of satire, which, at its most basic in the time of the author, comprised a wide-ranging discussion of society and social "mores" in dactylic hexameter. The sixth and tenth satires are some of the most renowned works in the collection. The poems are not individually titled, but translators have often added titles for the convenience of readers. Roman "Satura" was a