Asclepiad is a Greek poetic metre named after Asclepiades of Samos (c.300 BCE),
although it was used earlier in lyrics and tragedies. It consists
of two or three choriambs preceded by a spondee and
followed by an iamb. Employed frequently by Horace and later adopted by
the German poet Holderlin, it is rarely found in English. Adjective:
Asclepiadean.