Contrary	JJ	O
to	TO	O
the	DT	O
claim	NN	O
of	IN	O
D.	NP	O
Mulroy	NP	O
(	(	O
=>	NP	O
47-01005	CD	O
)	)	O
,	,	O
the	DT	O
testimony	NN	O
of	IN	O
Hephaestion	NP	B-AAUTHOR
's	POS	I-AAUTHOR
discussion	NN	O
of	IN	O
the	DT	O
galliambic	JJ	O
metre	NN	O
(	(	B-REFSCOPE
12.3	CD	I-REFSCOPE
)	)	I-REFSCOPE
can	MD	O
indeed	RB	O
be	VB	O
used	VBN	O
as	IN	O
evidence	NN	O
for	IN	O
the	DT	O
existence	NN	O
of	IN	O
a	DT	O
large	JJ	O
number	NN	O
of	IN	O
Hellenistic	JJ	O
poems	NNS	O
in	IN	O
galliambics	NNS	O
concerned	VBN	O
with	IN	O
the	DT	O
cult	NN	O
of	IN	O
the	DT	O
Mother	NP	O
of	IN	O
the	DT	O
Gods	NPS	O
.	SENT	O

This	DT	O
sheds	NNS	O
light	NN	O
on	IN	O
the	DT	O
existence	NN	O
of	IN	O
possible	JJ	O
Hellenistic	JJ	O
models	NNS	O
for	IN	O
Catullus	NP	B-REFAUWORK
63	CD	B-REFSCOPE
.	SENT	I-REFSCOPE