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PRONUNCIATION OF SKOLION

skolion  [ˈskəʊlɪən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SKOLION

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Skolion is a noun.
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WHAT DOES SKOLION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Skolion

Not to be confused with scholion Skolion , also scolion, were songs sung by invited guests at banquets in ancient Greece. Often extolling the virtues of the gods or heroic men, skolia were improvised to suit the occasion and accompanied by a lyre, which was handed about from singer to singer as the time for each scolion came around. "Capping" verses were exchanged, "by varying, punning, riddling, or cleverly modifying" the previous contribution. Skolia are often referred to as 'banquet songs', 'convivial songs", or 'drinking songs'. The term also refers to poetry composed in the same form. In later use, the form was used in a more stately manner for chorus poetry in praise of the gods or heroes. Terpander is said to have been the inventor of this poetic form, although that is doubtful. Instead, he may have adapted it for musical accompaniment. That these skolia were written, not only by poets like Alcaeus, Anacreon, Praxilla, Simonides, but also by Sappho and by Pindar, shows in what high esteem skolia were held by the Greeks. "The gods of Olympos sang at their banquets".

Definition of skolion in the English dictionary

The definition of skolion in the dictionary is an ancient Greek drinking song.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SKOLION


aeolian
iːˈəʊlɪən
Anatolian
ˌænəˈtəʊlɪən
Australian
ɒˈstreɪlɪən
Boolean
ˈbuːlɪən
capitolian
ˌkæpɪˈtəʊlɪən
chameleon
kəˈmiːlɪən
Chilean
ˈtʃɪlɪən
creolian
kriːˈəʊlɪən
Eolian
iːˈəʊlɪən
ganglion
ˈɡæŋɡlɪən
hypoaeolian
ˌhaɪpəʊiːˈəʊlɪən
mammalian
mæˈmeɪlɪən
Maximilian
ˌmæksɪˈmɪlɪən
mongolian
mɒŋˈɡəʊlɪən
napoleon
nəˈpəʊlɪən
Orwellian
ɔːˈwɛlɪən
Sicilian
sɪˈsɪlɪən
simoleon
sɪˈməʊlɪən
Strombolian
strɒmˈbəʊlɪən
Wesleyan
ˈwɛzlɪən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SKOLION

skivvies
skivvy
skliff
sklim
skoal
skoff
skokiaan
skol
skolled
skollie
skolling
skolly
skookum
skool
skoosh
skop, skiet en donder
Skopje
Skoplje
skort
skosh

WORDS THAT END LIKE SKOLION

battalion
billion
bullion
dandelion
Heraklion
lion
medallion
million
mountain lion
multimillion
pavilion
rebellion
scholion
scolion
solion
stallion
the Great Rebellion
trillion
vermilion
vermillion

Synonyms and antonyms of skolion in the English dictionary of synonyms

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skolion
1,325 millions of speakers

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skolion
570 millions of speakers

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skolion
510 millions of speakers

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skolion
380 millions of speakers
ar

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skolion
280 millions of speakers

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skolion
278 millions of speakers

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Skolion
270 millions of speakers

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skolion
260 millions of speakers

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skolion
220 millions of speakers

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Skolion
190 millions of speakers

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Skolion
180 millions of speakers

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skolion
130 millions of speakers

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skolion
85 millions of speakers

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Skolion
85 millions of speakers
vi

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skolion
80 millions of speakers

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skolion
75 millions of speakers

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स्कोलियन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Skolion
70 millions of speakers

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Skolion
65 millions of speakers

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Skolion
50 millions of speakers

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skolion
40 millions of speakers

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skolion
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Σκόλιον
15 millions of speakers
af

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skolion
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Skolion
10 millions of speakers
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Skolion
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SKOLION»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SKOLION» OVER TIME

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SKOLION»

Discover the use of skolion in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to skolion and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Anthology for Music in Western Civilization, Volume I: Media ...
2 Seikilos Skolion or Epitaph (first century c.e.) The Epitaph of Seikilos dates from the first century c.e., more than four hundred years after the Stasimon Chorus (a longer period of time than separates our age from that of Bach). Although the ...
Timothy Roden, Craig Wright, Bryan Simms, 2009
2
The Rise of the Greek Aristocratic Banquet
Marek Wecowski. called skolion.45 In his book Master of the Game: Competition and Performance in Greek Poetry, Derek Collins points out that 'skolion', with its many variants, is essentially the game of 'capping' poetic verses by competing ...
Marek Wecowski, 2014
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Aristotle as Poet: The Song for Hermias and Its Contexts
Skolion? We come then to the question of whether Aristotle's accusers were right: Was the song a paean or some other kind of hymn or something else? Ancient references support all three possibilities. Hermippus, as we have seen, seems to  ...
Andrew L. Ford, 2011
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Harvard Studies in Classical Philology
AAMHTOY AOrOZ AND THE ALCESTIS RUTH SCODEL A8fj.iJTOv Xoyov, w ' recipe, p.adwv TOVS ayadovs <f>i\ei, TWV 8ei\wv 8' aTTf)(ov, yvovs OTI SeiAcov 6\iya ^a/jts. Praxilla 3 = Carm. Conv. 14 PMG HPHIS skolion was well known in the ...
Albert Henrichs, 1980
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Studies in Greek Philosophy: The Presocratics
seems to me to make the same mistake as Jacoby in his interpretation of the skolion, though his conclusion is the very opposite of Jacoby 's: "They [the Alcmaeonids] justified themselves [sc. against the charge of collaborating with Sparta in ...
Gregory Vlastos, Daniel W. Graham, 1996
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Oral Performance and Its Context
Our source again is Aristophanes, this time a verse from the fragmentary Banqueters, where an unidentified speaker says, 'sing, I pray, taking some skolion from Alcacus or A11acreon' (Ar. 235 PCG). The term 'skolion' here denotes a lyric ...
C. J. MacKie, 2004
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The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics
with 4 U 4 U 4 repeated. The skolion was accompanied by the lyre or flute and dealt with historical events, expressed deep personal feeling, or made a trenchant comment on daily life. In the course of the 5th c., it was considerably simplified.
Roland Greene, Stephen Cushman, Clare Cavanagh, 2012
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Aphrodite and Eros: The Development of Greek Erotic Mythology
... and therefore the sort of sacrifice performed by Xenophon made their presence and participation necessary96 According to the context described by Athenaeus, the skolion itself was sung not during the cultic celebrations in the sanctuary of ...
Barbara Breitenberger, 2013
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Apollo's Lyre: Greek Music and Music Theory in Antiquity and ...
... Telamon; and this type of song was called "skolion" by antiphrasis because they were easy to sing and had only a few lines like epigrams; they were called " skolia" because the drinking companions offered the sprig to each other in turn and ...
Thomas J. Mathiesen, 1999
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Greek Musical Writings: Volume 1, The Musician and His Art
A guest would sing a little skolion, a drinking-song or catch, and the next guest would try to complete it with his own. See also Lysistr. 1236-8, cf. n Hymn to Hermes 55-6. The word skolion means 'crooked', and the ancient authorities give  ...
Andrew Barker, 1989

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SKOLION»

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Itálica recrea la antigua Roma durante todo un fin de semana con …
... sobre la poesía, la música y la danza grecorromana protagonizados por los grupos de música grecorromana Skolion y el grupo de teatro corporal Somnus. «Lainformacion.com, Oct 14»
2
Franko Krajcar & Indivia objavili videospot za "Seikilov skolion"
Seikilov skolion jedini je i najstariji u cijelosti sačuvan notni zapis na svijetu, nastao 200. godine pr.n.e. i pripada drevnoj grčkoj kulturi. Uz samu melodiju, na ... «Muzika.hr, Sep 14»
3
"Seikilov Skolion" Franka Krajcara i Indivie
Pjesma "Seikilov Skolion" Franka Krajcara i grupe Indivia nalazi se na njihovom albumu "Rožice". Riječ je o tradicionalnom napjevu koji je aranžirao Mauro ... «Glas Istre, Sep 14»
4
Fotografsko-glazbeni hommage Orelu
Premijerno je prikazan i videospot "Seikilov Skolion" koji otvara album. "Seikilov Skolion", kako je publika imala prilike preksinoć čuti, je najstariji u potpunosti ... «Glas Istre, Sep 14»
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Popunjen glazbeni kamp Skolion u Premanturi
Agneze u Medulinu, dok će se 25. srpnja u 21 sat održati završni koncert orkestra glazbenog kampa Skolion na trgu u Premanturi. (Z. ANGELESKI) ... «Glas Istre, Jul 14»
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Historia viva de Lezuza
También volvió a realizarse el taller participativo de cocina iberorromana, y el grupo Skolion ofreció un concierto de música romana. Por la noche, Somnus ... «La Tribuna de Albacete, Jun 14»
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Pula superiorum: Dani antike u sjeni nogometa
Predstavi je prethodio glazbeni nastup skupine Musigenae, koja je izvela djela Branka Radića, zatim najstariju sačuvanu skladbu na svijetu "Seikilov Skolion" u ... «Glas Istre, Jun 14»
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Rožice - istinske, velike i najljepše
Koncert su otvorili Franko Krajcar & Indivia obradom "Seikilov Skolion", najstarije u potpunosti zapisane skladbe, datirane u 200. godinu prije Krista. Nakon njih ... «Glas Istre, Mar 14»
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Franko Krajcar i Indivia: "Rožice" vjernoj publici
Ovo skoro jednosatno glazbeno putovanje otvara tradicionalna "Seiklov Skolion", najstarija sačuvana skladba isklesana na drevnom grčkom nadgrobnom stupu ... «Glas Istre, Nov 13»
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Torsten Haselbauer: Die erste Besteigung des olympischen Mytikas …
Sie wollten nicht weiter gehen als über den für die Maultiere noch zugänglichen runden Bergrücken des Skolion. Zitternd vor Angst warfen sie sich auf die Knie ... «Jungle World, Aug 13»

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« EDUCALINGO. Skolion [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/skolion>. May 2024 ».
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