Abstract

Ancient Greek has both proclitics and enclitics which usually – although not exclusively – attach to a lexical host. There is a strong tendency for clitics to avoid the initial position of the larger prosodic domain to which the host-plus-clitic string belongs. Phonological rules and accentuation provide support for the view that clitics are not independent prosodic elements but rather form a cohesive prosodic unit with their host.