Versus Galliambicus (Latin), or the Galliambic Verse (English), is a verse built from the Ionic à minore dimeter catalectic verse, as it is a verse added upon an Ionic à minori dimeter base. The Galliambic verse consists of two iambic dimeters catalectic of which the last one lacks the final syllable. It is structured with four Ionic à minore feet that is varied by resolutio) or contraction. This metre is also meant for the goddess Cybele. In Latin, galliambus is a song of the priests of Cybele, the ancient nature goddess of Anatolia. The Galliambic metre is constructed as shown below: uu | uu u uu u | – – || uu | uu u uu u | × "x" represents an anceps a "u" represents a short syllable a "—" represents a long syllable a "uu" can be either 2 short syllables or 1 long syllable the "||" represents the caesura of the verse Examples The Galliambic Verse is found in Catullus 63: "()" represents a synaloepha u u | - u - u | - - || u u - u u u u|u Sŭpĕr | āltă vēctŭs | Āttĭs || cĕlĕrī rătĕ mărĭ|ă u u | - u - u| - - || u u | - u u u u |u Phrygĭ(um)| ūt nĕmŭs cĭ|tātō || cŭpĭ|dē pĕdĕ tĕtĭg|ĭt - Catullus 63, lines 1-2 Variations As the Galliambic meter admits substitutions of two short syllables for a long one, there are variations on how this verse is structured on different sentences. this is one type of variation of the Galliambic verse u u | - u u u u |- - || u u|- u u | u u |- stĭmŭ|lātŭs ĭbĭ fŭr|entī || răbĭ|ē, văgŭs | ănĭm|ī, -Catullus 63, Line 4 this is another type variation of the Galliambic verse u u | u u u u u u |- - || u u| - u u u u|u Ĕgŏ | mŭlĭĕr, ĕg(o) ădŏl|ēscēns,|| ĕg(o) ĕ|phēbŭs, ĕgŏ pŭ|ĕr - Catullus 63, Line 63 this is another type of variation of the Galliambic verse u u | u u u - u - - || u u - u u u u| u ĕgŏ | vĭrĭdĭs ălgĭ(da) Īdǣ || nĕv(e) ămĭctă lŏcă cŏ|lăm. - Catullus 63, Line 70 Modern use Alfred, Lord Tennyson used the Galliambic metre for his poem, Boadicea. Although Catullus 63 is not