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scolion
[ skoh-lee-on ]
noun
plural scolia
- a song sung at banquets in ancient Greece.
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yvlog History and Origins
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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