Editing Hexameter (section)

{{Short description|Metrical line of verses consisting of six feet}}
'''Hexameter''' is a [[Metre (poetry)|metrical]] [[Line (poetry)|line]] of verses consisting of six [[metrical foot|feet]] (a "foot" here is the pulse, or major accent, of words in an [[English language|English]] line of [[poetry]]; in [[Greek language|Greek]] as well as in [[Latin]] a "foot" is not an [[Accent (poetry)|accent]], but describes various combinations of [[syllable]]s). It was the standard epic metre in classical Greek and Latin literature, such as in the ''[[Iliad]]'', ''[[Odyssey]]'' and ''[[Aeneid]]''. Its use in other genres of composition include [[Horace]]'s satires, [[Ovid]]'s ''[[Metamorphoses (poem)|Metamorphoses]],'' and the Hymns of Orpheus. According to [[Greek mythology]], hexameter was invented by [[Phemonoe]], daughter of [[Apollo]] and the first [[Pythia]] of Delphi.<ref>Pausanias, 10.5.7</ref><ref>Pliny the Elder, 7.57</ref>

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