Scolion
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈskəʊlɪɒn/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Scolion is a noun meaning (Greek antiquities) Any of a genre of songs sung in turn by symposiasts to the accompaniment of a lyre.
Meaning
(Greek antiquities) Any of a genre of songs sung in turn by symposiasts to the accompaniment of a lyre.
Example Sentences
In the following Scolium, Timocreon gives his opinion of riches.
Terpander was the inventour of those songs called Scolia, which were sung at feasts.
The celebrated scolion, or series of scolia, addressed to Harmodius and Aristogiton.
Which Athenæus, proveth against the Calumniations of Demophilus not to be a sacred hymne or Pæan, but a Scolion or Festivall Song.
Word Forms
- scolia
- scolium
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include skolion, prosodion, epinikion, epinicion, dithyramb, bacchanal.
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