Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Alcaic Verse

Alca’de (3 syl.).

Alcan’tara (Order of).

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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.

Alcaic Verse

or Alcaïcs. A Greek and Latin metre, so called from Alcœos, a lyric poet, who invented it. Each line is divided into two parts, thus:

The first two lines of each stanza of the ninth ode of Horace are in Alcaics. The first two lines of the ode run thus, and in the same metre:

“See how Soracté groans with its wintry snow,

And weary woodlands bend with the toilsome weight.”

Alca’de (3 syl.).

Alcan’tara (Order of).

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