Historical connection between poetic metres and musical rhythms in ancient texts

The connectedness between metre in poetry and rhythm in music has long been in focus. In the old books on music, philosophers’ tracts on poetry, old writings of prosody, and in the views of the contemporary musicians and prosodists, there can be seen indications pointing to a close link between rhythm and metre. Besides, in recent years, more serious and careful studies have been made on this topic.In the present article, the connection between īqā’,(rhythm) and aruz (prosody) mentioned in the old texts and the classification of the old views have been discussed and indications of inherent closeness of the two put together. In the end, an assumption regarding the etymological identicality of the two and their relation to the ancient Greece has been put forward.