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Paeon

Paeon logo #10101) Greek boy name 2) Hymn 3) Offspring of Ares
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Paeon

Paeon logo #10101) Hymn
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Paeon

Paeon logo #21000[father of Agastrophus] PaeonPronunciation-needed or Paion (Παίων, gen.: Παίονος) in Greek mythology was a Paionian mentioned in the Iliad of Homer as the father of the warrior Agastrophus, slain by Diomedes, while fighting on the side of Troy in the Trojan War. He is presumably the same as the Paeon mentioned in Quintus Smyrnae...
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Paeon

Paeon logo #21000[prosody] In prosody a paeon (or paean) is a metrical foot used in both poetry and prose. It consists of four syllables, with one of the syllables being long and the other three short. Paeons were often used in the traditional Greek hymn to Apollo called paeans. Its use in English poetry is rare. Depending on the position of the long syllab...
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Paeon

Paeon logo #21000[son of Antilochus] In Greek mythology, Paeon was the son of Antilochus, and a lord of Messenia. His father was one of the suitors of Helen, who together with his father Nestor, the king of Pylos, and brother Thrasymedes, fought in the Trojan War. Paeon`s sons were among the descendants of Neleus (the Neleidae) expelled from Messenia, by th...
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paeon

paeon logo #21032Greek and Latin metrical foot consisting of three short and one long syllables: the first paeon / ' ~ ~ ~ /, the second paeon / ~ ' ~ ~ /, the third paeon / ~ ~ ' ~ /, and the fourth paeon / ~ ~ ~ ' /.
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Paeon

Paeon logo #21002• (n.) A foot of four syllables, one long and three short, admitting of four combinations, according to the place of the long syllable.
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Paeon

Paeon logo #22429Greek and latin metrical foot consisting of three short and one long syllables
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Paeon

Paeon logo #20166A metrical foot (of Greek origin) containing one long syllable and three short syllables. The position of the long syllable can be varied hence the so-called first, second, third or fourth paeon.
Found on http://www.poetsgraves.co.uk/glossary_of_poetic_terms.htm
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