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What is an Asclepiad?

What is an Asclepiad? Here are some definitions.

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  1. (poetry) A choriambic verse consisting of four metrical feet: a spondee, two choriambi, and an iambus.
  2. (Ancient Greece) A member of one of the families that claimed descent from Asclepias, known as physicians or healers.
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In Ancient Greece, healing took place in the Asclepiad, which was a religious site.
After 336 lines in the alcaic metre in the Roman Odes, the use of the fourth asclepiad in quid fles Asterie.

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