Breves considerações sobre a estruturação rítmica do hexâmetro homérico

Abstract

This article will briefly present some theories about the origins of the meter of the Homeric hexameter from the formulatory and oral character of the ancient epic, mainly supported by the ideas of Hellenists and scholars ML West (1996), JM Foley (1990) and G. Nagy (1990) ), to support the observation that there is no ethos proper to each rhythmic or structural pattern of that hexameter nor even the author's intention in the metrical composition of the verse. To do so, in the beginning, will deal especially with the metric structuring of the hexameter (interior and exterior). We will show, supported in secondary bibliography, as in the homeric hexameter hardly there would be some own ethos related to certain metric standards. What is possible to understand from the studies of Parry (1971) and Lord (1960), especially articulated by Foley (1996) and Nagy (1990), when establishing the relations between oral tradition and the meter of the epic verse. In particular, the authors' proposals relate the hexameter meter to a traditional phraseology of earlier times and tend to segment the verse into smaller prosodic units.