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‖ prosodion Gr. Antiq.|prɒˈsɒdɪən|
Also in L. form -ium. Pl. prosodia.
[a. Gr. προσόδιον (µέλος) a processional song, neut. sing. of προσόδιος adj. processional, f. πρόσοδος an approach, procession: see prosodus.]
A hymn sung in procession at a religious festival in ancient Greece.
1850Mure Lit. Greece III. 73 The prosodion was the hymn sung by the choristers in their procession to the altar or sanctuary... The prosodion, accordingly, is occasionally classed under the general head of Pæan, by the special title of Prosodiac, or Processional, pæan. Ibid., Such, apparently, was the style of the celebrated Delian prosodium of Eumelus. 1873Symonds Grk. Poets v. 116 Processional hymns, or Prosodia, were sung at solemn festivals by troops of men and maidens walking, crowned with olive, myrtle, bay, or oleander, to the shrines. |