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Poetry formed on the Greek model; so called from Gabriel Chiabreʹra, surnamed the “Pindar of Italy” (1552–1637).
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.