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I am scanning Ovid's metamorphoses. For the line "unus erat toto naturae vultus in orbe," I have - - | - - | - - | - ' ' | - ' ' | - x. There doesn't seem to be an obvious position for the principal caesura in either the third or fourth foot (toto naturae - - | - ' ' ). Suggestions?
Incidentally, this line stuck out to me because of the coincidence of natural stress accents with the thesis of every foot of the hexameter.
The line should be scanned:
– u u | – – | – – | – – | – u u | – x ||
The 2nd u of unus is short, as is the e of erat. All three syllables of naturae are long.
The principal caesura is after the first long syllable in the third foot (between the last syllable of toto and the first of naturae).
