Iambe was a servant-maid of Metanira, wife of Celeus, king of Eleusis, who
tried to exhilarate Ceres when she travelled over Attica in quest of her
daughter Proserpine. From the jokes and stories which she made use of,
free and satirical verses have been called _iambics_.--_Apollod_, i._c_. 5.
HALBERT.
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