A lekythion or lecythion, in classical Greek and Latin poetry, is a metric pattern (colon) defined by a sequence of seven alternating long and short syllables at the end of a verse (— u — x — u —). In classical grammatical terminology it can be described as a trochaic dimeter catalectic, i.e.
A lekythion or lecythion, in classical Greek and Latin poetry, is a metric pattern (colon) defined by a sequence of seven alternating long and short syllables at the end of a verse (— u — x — u —). In classical grammatical terminology it can be described as a trochaic dimeter catalectic, i.e.
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