Talk:Porson's Law

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It is our business to be clearer to a layman than specialists, writing for other specialists. Anceps? I know what that means, and I trust whoever quoted West does too; but does it convey anything to our readers, when it is dropped in undefined? Septentrionalis PMAnderson 17:43, 12 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

'After a short anceps in the third metron, the beginning of a new word is avoided'. Shouldn't this be, 'after a long anceps...'? I am confused. Cleisthenes2 (talk) 04:46, 14 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with the above — it really should be after a long anceps that a word boundary is not permitted. In the first 200 lines of the Bacchae I count 5 instances of a third metron with short anceps followed by word boundary. I think this must be an error and am changing the text of the article. If anyone knows better, please speak up! Thanks! Rilkas (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 03:19, 9 November 2009 (UTC).[reply]