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This genre reaches all the way back to ancient Greece, but the most famous epithalamia do not work well at modern weddings.

From Washington Post • Sep. 13, 2018

Other notable epithalamia, from Edmund Spenser to E. E. Cummings , are just too long and obtuse to do the trick.

From Washington Post • Sep. 13, 2018

Occasional verses, odes, epithalamia, elegies, dedications, squibs, impromptus and hymns executed with spirit, punctuality and secrecy.

From Peg Woffington by Reade, Charles

Next in frequency are the applications for private literary contributions,—such as epithalamia, obituaries, addresses for lovers, and the like.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866 by Various

The Shi King, a collection of Chinese poetry gathered by Confucius, an anthology of more than three hundred poems, contains some glowing epithalamia setting forth at length the unmistakable virtues of the bride.

From Oriental Women by Pollard, Edward Bagby