| 单词 | pythian verse |
| 释义 | > as lemmasPythian verse Pythian verse n. (a) heroic verse; a verse in heroic meter; (b) = Pythian metre n. ΚΠ 1738 E. A. Burgis Ann. Church II. 487 Heroic verses..in full numbers and measure, such as the Pythian verses are. 1890 Cent. Dict. Pythian meter, Pythian verse, the dactylic hexameter: probably so called from its use in the oracles delivered by the Pythia, or, according to ancient writers, from the first song of triumph to Apollo for his victory over the Python. 1905 S. Dill Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius (ed. 2) iii. 437 A host of venal impostors who, around the great temples, cheated the ears of slaves and silly women with a mockery of the mysterious solemnity of the Pythian verse. 2002 L. Pompa tr. G. Vico First New Sci. iii. xxxix. 214 After the slaying of the Python, heroic verse continued to be referred to as ‘Pythian’ verse, though it was more commonly called ‘heroic’. < as lemmas |
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