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He does not, however, conceal the fact that some regard these as
rhythms rather than feet: and they are right in so
doing, since whatever is longer than three syllables
involves more than one foot. Since then there are
four feet which consist of two syllables, and eight
composed of three, I shall call them by the following
names: two long syllables make a spondee; the
pyrrhic or pariambus, as some call it, is composed
of two shorts; the iambus of a short followed by
a long; its opposite, that is a long followed by a
short, is a choreus, for I prefer that term to the
name of trochee which is given it by others.
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