fescennine

But the original satura, which also was familiar to the Romans before they became acquainted with Greek literature, was somewhat different both from the Fescennine verses, and from the lampoons which arose out of them.

The original satura was a kind of dramatic entertainment, accompanied with music and dancing, differing from the Fescennine verses in being regularly composed and not extemporaneous, and from the drama, in being without a connected plot.

Another class of metrical compositions, of native origin, but of a totally opposite character, was known by the name of the 'Fescennine verses.'

Nor is there any analogy between the religious hymns, or the Fescennine verses of Italy, and the modern ballad.

The original Fescennine verse appears, from the testimony of Horace, to have been in metrical dialogue.