Rhet gre 1404a33-35οὕτω καὶ τῶν ὀνομάτων ἀφείκασιν ὅσα παρὰ (34) τὴν διάλεκτόν ἐστιν, οἷς [δ’] οἱ πρῶτοι ἐκόσμουν, καὶ ἔτι (35) νῦν οἱ τὰ ἑξάμετρα ποιοῦντες [ἀφείκασιν].
Rhys Roberts 1924 engJust as iambics were adopted, instead of tetrameters, because they are the most prose—like of all metres,
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