hexametros

Japanese: hexametros
hexametros

...Therefore, his great influence can be seen everywhere in the Western world, from ancient Rome to the present day, which inherited their cultural heritage.
[Year, life, works]
The Iliad and the Odyssey that we possess today are both works of 24 volumes each, composed of lines of poetry called hexametros (hexameter), the former being 15,693 lines and the latter 12,110 lines, but not a single piece of information about the author can be found in these vast volumes. For this reason, even in ancient times, Homer was shrouded in the mist of legend, and various theories were put forward about his dates, life, achievements, etc.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "hexametros" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…したがってまた,彼らの文化遺産を継承した古代ローマから現代に至るまでの西欧世界においても,随所に彼の偉大な影響が認められる。
[年代,生涯,作品]
 今日われわれの所有する《イーリアス》および《オデュッセイア》は,いずれもヘクサメトロスhexametros(六脚律)と呼ばれる詩行から成るそれぞれ24巻の作品で,前者は1万5693行,後者は1万2110行にのぼる長編であるが,作者にかかわる一片の情報もその膨大な詩行の中には見いだされない。このため,ホメロスはすでに古代においてさえ伝説の霧につつまれた存在となっており,その年代,生涯,業績等についてさまざまな説が唱えられていた。…

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