Elegeia

Japanese: elegeia
Elegeia

…The origin of the word is unknown, but it is thought to be derived from an instrument or piece of music from Asia Minor. The Greeks generally called elegeia a short poem consisting of a couplet of alternating lines of hexagrams and pentagrams, sung to the accompaniment of a flute, and this form and name were also adopted by ancient Roman poets. In classical Greece, the content of this form was diverse, including themes such as politics, military affairs, philosophy of life, views of God, wine, and beautiful boys, and many tombstones were written in this form. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "elegeia" are listed below.

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Japanese:

…語源は不明であるが,小アジア系統の楽器あるいは楽曲に由来すると推測されている。ギリシア人は一般に笛の伴奏によって歌われる,六脚詩一行と五脚詩一行を交互に連ねた二行連詩からなる短詩形の詩をエレゲイアelegeiaと呼び,その形と名称は古代ローマの詩人たちの間でも踏襲されている。その詩形に盛られた内容は,古典期ギリシアにおいては多岐にわたり,政治,軍事,人生論,神観,酒,美少年などのテーマを含み,また墓碑もこの詩形をもってつづられているものが多い。…

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