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He also wrote scolia, probably of the Doric kind, Plutarch.

From The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 2 of 2 by Müller, Karl Otfried

Compared with the love-poetry of elder poets, these Rispetti are what the artificial epigrams of Callimachus or the Anacreontics of the Alexandrian versifiers were to the ardent stanzas of Sappho, the impassioned scolia of Pindar.

From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by Symonds, John Addington

The scolia of Callistratus, beginning, "I'll wreathe my sword in myrtle bow," are well known.

From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume III The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Rogers, Charles

In the second place are songs and odes and scolia, which are concerned with the praises of brave men.

From An Essay on Satire, Particularly on the Dunciad by Harte, Walter