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galliambic

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galliambic [ˌgælɪˈæmbɪk] Prosody
adj
(Literature / Poetry) of or relating to a metre consisting of four lesser Ionics, used by Callimachus and Catullus and imitated by Tennyson in Boadicea
n
(Literature / Poetry) a verse in this metre
[from Latin galliambus song of the Galli (priests of Cybele)]
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Maecenas composed poems in a variety of meters including hexameter, hendecasyllabic, galliambic, and iambic trimeter; his poetry is not singled out for praise, but unlike his prose ancient commentators do not criticize the style of his verses, and as mentioned Seneca actually praised one of Maecenas' hexameters (Ep.
Maecenas and Petronius' Trimalchio Maecenatianus by Byrne, Shannon N. / Ancient Narrative
 
 
 
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