Anaxis and Hermippos sang a skolion together, their arms round each others 'necks. From Wordnik.com. [The Mask of Apollo]
It was a komos of revelers, waving torches, and singing a skolion to which they dance-stepped along. From Wordnik.com. [The Praise Singer]
He banged the table in tune with the skolion, singing loudly, "I'm married, married, married to Eurydike!". From Wordnik.com. [Funeral Games]
When the lyre went round with the wine, I would have some little thing ready, a lyric, or a skolion on events. From Wordnik.com. [The Praise Singer]
Young Bacchylides, whom I had left behind to get on with his schooling, had made a skolion on the music master, sung it too loudly, and had a beating. From Wordnik.com. [The Praise Singer]
Our first piece is a skolion for the Athenian lovers Aristogeiton and Harmodius, who assassinated the tyrant Hipparchus in 514 BCE, using swords they had concealed in ceremonial myrtle wreaths. From Wordnik.com. [Tyrannicide Day 2008] Reference
Some of the men started to sing a skolion. From Wordnik.com. [Funeral Games]
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