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scolion

[ skoh-lee-on ]

noun

plural scolia
  1. a song sung at banquets in ancient Greece.


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Origin of scolion1

1595–1605; < Greek DZó, noun use of neuter of DZó crooked, bent
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Example Sentences

The Cretans, according to the Scolion of Hybrias, also had λαισήια; the λαισήια πτερόεντα of Homer were probably similar to the shields furnished with leathern fringes, or wings, represented on vases, e.g.,

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They were the abode of Heroes, like Achilles and Diomedes, as we see in the Scolion of Harmodius and Aristogiton.

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