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  • Amoebaean singing is a type of singing competition originating in Ancient Greece. In it, a first party sings according to a topic and verse structure...
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    written, and so date to about 42 BC. Such poetry as verses 60–107 is called amoebaean (or amoebean) (ἀμοιβαία ἀοιδά) from ἀμοιβή ('interchange'), and Virgil...
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    populated by and large with herdsmen imagined conversing and performing amoebaean singing in rural settings, whether suffering or embracing revolutionary...
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    mixing with Jay-Z popularized the genre further. United States portal Amoebaean singing Flyting, contests consisting of the exchange of insults, often...
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    poems consist of singing-matches, conducted according to the rules of amoebaean poetry, in which the second singer takes the subject chosen by the first...
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  • one of his book of ten pastoral poems known as the Eclogues. It is an amoebaean poem in which a herdsman Meliboeus recounts a contest between the shepherd...
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  • Alexandrian Pleiad. Their works have perished. A cruder kind of drama, the amoebaean verse, or bucolic mime, developed into the only pure stream of genial...
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  • and VII). Eclogue II (featuring an amoebaean song contest) and Eclogue VI (which relates to an aborted amoebaean song contest), providing a middle frame...
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  • tibi... – The Reconciliation of Two Lovers – Often referred to as an "Amoebaean" ode (from the Greek αμείβω – to exchange), it describes, in graceful...
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  • the death and the other about the deification of Daphnis. The poem is amoebaean, and the 25 lines (20–44) which compose the song of Mopsus are replied...
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  • Ambassel scale Ambrosian chant Ambitus (music) American Music Awards Amoebaean singing Amusia Anacrusis Ancient Celtic music Ancient music Andalusian...
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    pairs exhibit parallelism, that is, each pair is a miniature example of amoebaean singing, of the kind found also in Eclogues 3, 5, 7, and 8. The first...
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    match each other, and thus like the songs in Eclogues 3, 5, 7 and 9 are amoebaean. Both have the same number of lines (if line 76 is omitted) and almost...
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  • Amechania Ameinias of Athens Ameinocles Ameipsias Amentum Ammonius Saccas Amoebaean singing Amompharetus Ampersand Painter Amphiaraos Krater Amphiareion of...
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  • Feeling Bad" "The Health-Food Diner" "A Georgia Song" Unmeasured Tempo" "Amoebaean for Daddy" "Recovery" "Impeccable Conception" "Caged Bird" "Avec Merci...
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