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A military song in ancient Sparta. The Spartan poet Tyrtaeus sometime in the 7th century BCE authored work(s) called "Embateria or Songs of the Battle-Charge which are also called Enoplia or Songs-under-Arms." Francis Gouldman's 1664 A Copious Dictionary in Three Parts defines embateria as "Certain songs to which armed men were wont to dance."
December 19, 2019