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Epithalamium
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A nuptial song, sung before the bridal chamber in honour of the newly-wedded couple, particularly among the Greeks and Romans, of whom Theocritus and Catullus have left notable examples; but the epithalamium of Edmund Spenser is probably the finest specimen extant of this poetic form.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Epithalamium'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/e/epithalamium.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Epithalamium'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/e/epithalamium.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
