Il ponte al secondo trocheo (prima legge di Meyer), al secondo biceps (legge di Giseke) e il comportamento della parola metrica

This paper analyses diachronically the tendency to avoid ending a word that begins in the first foot at the second trochee/biceps in Greek hexameter (Meyer’s First Law/Giseke’s Law). Typologies and sub-typologies of violation are detected, by examining the behaviour of appositives at the bridge at the second trochee/biceps. Based on these typologies and sub-typologies, trends in the technique of versification are identified by analysing a sample of texts from the Archaic Age to Late Antiquity.