scolion

[ skoh-lee-on ]

noun

, plural sco·li·a [skoh, -lee-, uh].

1. a song sung at banquets in ancient Greece.

Word History and Origins

Origin of scolion¹

1595–1605; < Greek skolión, noun use of neuter of skoliós crooked, bent

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.,

From Project Gutenberg

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

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