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galliambic
galliambic, a. and n. (gælɪˈæmbɪk) [f. L. galliamb-us a song of the Galli or priests of Cybele (f. Gallus + iambus) + -ic.] A. adj. Epithet of a lyric metre (founded on the Ionic a minore tetrameter catalectic, with anaclasis), supposed to have been used by the priests of the Phrygian Cybele in thei...
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Galliambic verse
Versus Galliambicus (Latin), or the Galliambic Verse (English), is a verse built from two anacreontic cola, the second one catalectic (i.e., lacking its Varro and Maecenas also wrote Latin poems in Galliambic verse, of which only fragments survive.
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Catullus 63
Catullus 63 is a Latin poem of 93 lines in galliambic metre by the Roman poet Catullus. Merrill, "The story is told with a nervous vigour and swing of feeling that are unequalled in Latin literature, and to it the galliambic metre, the one
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anaclasis
‖ anaclasis Pros. (əˈnækləsɪs) Also -klasis. Pl. -ases. [mod.L., a. Gr. ἀνάκλασις bending back (see anaclastic a.).] In Ionic verse: an interchange of the final long syllable of the first metron with the opening short syllable of the second.1784 J. B. Seale Anal. Gr. Metres 25 In the intermediate pl...
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Anaclasis (poetry)
In this passage he states that the galliambic metre was later called "being bent back". Galliambic
The metre most closely associated with the term "anaclasis" is the galliambic, the music sung by the eunuch devotees of the goddess Cybele.
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List of classical meters
Hendecasyllabic verse
Adonean
Other meters
Choliambic, also known as limping iambs or scazon
Ionic
Anacreonteus
Anapestic
Trochaic
Dactylo-epitrite
Dochmiac
Galliambic
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Ionic meter
The galliambic is a variation of this, with resolution (substitution of u u for – ) and catalexis (omission of the final syllable) in the second half. Catullus used galliambic meter for his Carmen 63 on the mythological figure Attis, a portion of which is spoken in the person of Cybele.
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Sotadean metre
In one of his hendecasyllabic poems Martial writes dismissively of the galliambic and the sotadean metres and gives his reasons for refusing to write in In the word Martial alludes to the fact that galliambic verses (the metre of songs sung by the or eunuch devotees of the goddess Cybele) were regularly
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Resolution (meter)
Another meter in which resolution is very common is the galliambic, used in Catullus poem 63 (see Galliambic verse).
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Glossary of poetry terms
Czech alexandrine
French alexandrine
Polish alexandrine
Fourteener (iambic heptameter): line consisting of 7 iambic feet (14 syllables)
Galliambic
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