Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In Greek antiquity, a song sung by girls accompanied by the flute.

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  • "O pai parthenion blepon, dixemai se, su d 'ou koeis, ouk eidos hoti taes emaes psuchaes haeniocheueis."]

    Primitive Love and Love-Stories Henry Theophilus Finck 1890

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