Sapphic: alternatives and connections

Of or pertaining to Achaia in Greece; also, Grecian.

Having each verse begin with the same letter as that with which the preceding verse ends.

The upper part, or the citadel, of a Grecian city; especially, the citadel of Athens.

The Grecian Archipelago, or Aegean Sea, separating Greece from Asia Minor. It is studded with a vast number of small islands.

A native of Argos. Often used as a generic term, equivalent to Grecian or Greek.

A metrical break in a verse, occurring in the middle of a foot and commonly near the middle of the verse; a sense pause in the middle…

Pertaining to, or in the style of, Demosthenes, the Grecian orator.

The rounded molding forming the bell of the capital of the Grecian Doric style, which is of a peculiar elastic curve. See Entablature.

To render Grecian; also, to cause (a word or phrase in another language) to take a Greek form; as, the name is Grecized.

Of or pertaining to Greece or the Greeks; Grecian.

A fabulous monster, half lion and half eagle. It is often represented in Grecian and Roman works of art.

Of or pertaining to the Hellenes, or inhabitants of Greece; Greek; Grecian.

Half a poetic verse or line, or a verse or line not completed.

A verse of six feet, the first four of which may be either dactyls or spondees, the fifth must regularly be a dactyl, and the sixth al…

A verse which has a redundant syllable or foot; a hypercatalectic verse.

A correspondence of sound in rhymes, especially when the verse has little merit; hence, the verse itself.

A sojourner; an immigrant; an alien resident in a Grecian city, but not a citizen.

The goddess of wisdom, of war, of the arts and sciences, of poetry, and of spinning and weaving; -- identified with the Grecian Pallas…