1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
EPITHALAMIUM (Gr. tiri, at or upon, and ddXajuoj, a nuptial chamber), originally among the Greeks a song in praise of bride and bridegroom, which was sung by a number of boys and girls at the door of the nuptial chamber. According to the scholiast on Theocritus, one form, the Kara«H/arruc6i', was employed at night, and another, the bieytprui&v, to arouse the bride and bridegroom on the following morning. In either case, as was natural, the main burden of the song consisted of invocations of blessing and predictions…
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