The syllables of "fato" are both long because of case and to fit the meter. It is traditionally associated with the quantitative meter of classical epic poetry in both Greek and Latin, and was consequently considered to be the Grand Style of classical poetry. In dactylic hexameter, a caesura occurs any time the ending of a word does not coincide with the beginning or the end of a metrical foot; in modern prosody, however, it is only called one when the ending also coincides with an audible pause in the line. The premier examples of its use are Homer's Iliad and Odyssey and Virgil's Aeneid. The first sentence seems odd, speaking of "the beginning or the end". Unlike those poems, the Aeneid was written to be read rather than recited or sung to an audience. Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey , and Virgil’s Aeneid , perhaps the three most famous epic poems ever written, all use dactylic hexameter. Homer utilized dactylic hexameter for his poems The Iliad and The Odyssey, and Virgil used the form in The Aeneid. The Aeneid is written in dactylic hexameters, the same meter as the Iliad and the Odyssey. The Aeneid (/ ɪ ˈ n iː ɪ d / ih-NEE-id; Latin: Aeneis [ae̯ˈneːɪs]) is a Latin epic poem, written by Virgil between 29 and 19 BC, that tells the legendary story of Aeneas, a Trojan who travelled to Italy, where he became the ancestor of the Romans.It comprises 9,896 lines in dactylic hexameter. Dactylic hexameter (also known as "heroic hexameter") is a form of meter in poetry or a rhythmic scheme. The meter is based upon a combination of long and short syllables. This sounds complicated. The first set is a dactyl because there are no long syllables in "Itali-." It is traditionally associated with classical epic poetry, both Greek and Latin, such as Homer's Iliad and Odyssey and Virgil's Aeneid. A dactyl is a collection of three syllables, the first long, the other two short; thus, the ideal line of dactylic hexameter consists of six (hexa) metrons or feet, each of which is dactyllic. The "-am," however, is long because of meter. In dactylic hexameter, the first syllable of a dactyl is always long and there must be six dactyls total. Among these, dactylic hexameter is one of the oldest meters and was used primarily in epic poetry in both Greek and Latin languages. Dactylic hexameter (six dactyls in a row per line) is by far the most common dactyl-based meter and is considered the defining metrical pattern of epic poems. Dactylic hexameter is a form of meter in poetry or a rhythmic scheme.