epithalamium (ĕp'ĭthəlā`mēəm), song or poem written to celebrate a marriage. An elaborate form of pastoral pastoral, literary work in which the shepherd's life is presented in a conventionalized manner. In this convention the purity and simplicity of shepherd life is contrasted with the corruption and artificiality of the court or the city.
..... Click the link for more information. , the epithalamium usually tells of the happenings of the wedding day. Nymphs, shepherds, and appropriate mythological figures are present to share the poet's joy. Epithalamiums were written in ancient times by Pindar, Sappho, and Catullus. The biblical Song of Solomon is a classic of the genre as is Edmund Spenser's "Epithalamium" (1595), written to celebrate his own marriage.

epithalamium

or epithalamion

Nuptial song or poem in honour or praise of a bride and bridegroom. In ancient Greece such songs were a traditional way of invoking good fortune on a marriage and often of indulging in ribaldry. The earliest evidence for literary epithalamiums are fragments by Sappho; the oldest surviving Latin examples are three by Catullus. In the Renaissance, epithalamiums based on classical models were written in Italy, France, and England; that of Edmund Spenser (1595) is considered the finest in English.

epithalamium

poem in honor of bride and groom. [Western Lit.: LLEI, 1: 283]

See : Marriage

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No references found	These songs fall into a number of types: epithalamia (wedding songs), hymns or prayers to certain deities (especially Aphrodite), songs about members of her family, a possible epic, and songs about parthenoi. Songs of the Sirens by Peraino, Judith A. / The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide Topical editions can now easily be compiled when it is possible to find every text of every Tudor poem in a given genre, from epithalamia to riddles, from ballads to verse epistles, in a matter of minutes. The future of manuscript studies in early modern poetry by May, Steven W. / Shakespeare Studies During the renaissance revival of the genre, Spenser, Sidney, Shakespeare, Donne, Jonson, Herrick, Milton, Crashaw, Vaughan, and Dryden all composed epithalamia inspired by the wedding poetry of Sappho, Aristophanes, Euripides, Theocritus, Catullus, Statius, and Claudian. The last pages of Emma: Austen's epithalamium. (Miscellany) by Emsley, Sarah / Persuasions: The Jane Austen Journal	epistatic gene epistemology Epistemology, Genetic episternum epistilbite Epistle epistle side Epistles of the New Testament Epistolae Obscurorum Virorum epistolary Epistolary Literature epistolary novel epistome epistomium Epistrophe Epistropheus epistyle epistylium Epitaph epitaxial diffused-junction transistor epitaxial diffused-mesa transistor epitaxial layer Epitaxial structures epitaxial transistor Epitaxy epithalamia epithalamium epithalamus epitheca epithedes epitheliochorial placenta epithelioid cell Epithelioma epitheliomuscular cell Epithelium epithema epithermal Epithermal Deposit epithermal neutron epithermal reactor epithermal thorium reactor Epithet epitoke Epitokous epitoky epitome epitope Epitrakhil epitrichium epitrochlear epitrochoid	epitases epitasis Epitaxial Epitaxial epitaxial diffused-junction transistor epitaxial diffused-mesa transistor Epitaxial growth Epitaxial growth Epitaxial Lateral Over-Growth Epitaxial Lateral Overgrowth epitaxial layer Epitaxial structures epitaxial transistor epitaxial transistor Epitaxially Epitaxially epitaxies epitaxies Epitaxis Epitaxis epitaxy epitaxy epitaxy EPITECH Epitectus Epitectus epitendineum Epitenon epithalami epithalami epithalamia Epithalamic Epithalamic epithalamion epithalamion epithalamium epithalamium epithalamiums epithalamiums epithalamus epithalamus Epithalamy epithalaxia Epithany Epithany Epithany Epitheca Epitheca epithedes epithelia epithelia epithelia epithelial epithelial epithelial epithelial arcuate lesion epithelial attachment epithelial attachment epithelial attachment epithelial attachment epithelial attachment

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These songs fall into a number of types: epithalamia (wedding songs), hymns or prayers to certain deities (especially Aphrodite), songs about members of her family, a possible epic, and songs about parthenoi.

Songs of the Sirens by Peraino, Judith A. / The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide

Topical editions can now easily be compiled when it is possible to find every text of every Tudor poem in a given genre, from epithalamia to riddles, from ballads to verse epistles, in a matter of minutes.

The future of manuscript studies in early modern poetry by May, Steven W. / Shakespeare Studies

During the renaissance revival of the genre, Spenser, Sidney, Shakespeare, Donne, Jonson, Herrick, Milton, Crashaw, Vaughan, and Dryden all composed epithalamia inspired by the wedding poetry of Sappho, Aristophanes, Euripides, Theocritus, Catullus, Statius, and Claudian.

The last pages of Emma: Austen's epithalamium. (Miscellany) by Emsley, Sarah / Persuasions: The Jane Austen Journal

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