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Stesichorean

adjective
Ste·sich·o·re·an | \stə̇¦sikə¦rēən\

Definition of Stesichorean 

: of or relating to Stesichorus the chief early composer of Dorian lyrics and probable establisher of strophe, antistrophe, and epode as the normal structure for choral lyric

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Stesichorus †550? b.c. Greek poet + English -an

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