- pherecratean
- pher·e·cra·te·an
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pherecratean
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pherecratean — noun see pherecratic … Useful english dictionary
Aeolic verse — is a classification of Ancient Greek lyric poetry referring to the distinct verse forms characteristic of the two great poets of Archaic Lesbos, Sappho and Alcaeus, who composed in their native Aeolic dialect. These verse forms were taken up and… … Wikipedia
Glyconic — Glyconic, (from Glycon, a Greek lyric poet), describes a form of meter in classical Greek and Latin poetry. The glyconic line is the most basic form of Aeolic line, and it is often combined with others.The basic shape is as follows (where x… … Wikipedia
Pher|e|crat|ic — «FEHR uh KRAT ihk», adjective, noun. = Pherecratean. (Cf. ↑Pherecratean) … Useful english dictionary
Pherecrates — Pherecrates, wan an Greek poet of Athenian Old Comedy, and a rough contemporary of Cratinus, Crates and Aristophanes. He was victorious at least once at the City Dionysia, first probably in the mid 440s (IG II2 2325. 56; the fourth entry after… … Wikipedia
Pher|e|cra|te|an — «FEHR uh kruh TEE uhn», adjective, noun. Ancient Prosody. –adj. noting or having to do with a logaoedic tripody, catalectic or acatalectic, whose first or second foot is a dactyl, the others being trochees. –n. a Pherecratean tripody or verse.… … Useful english dictionary
