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Antistrophe (Ancient Greek: ἀντιστροφή, "a turning back" [1]) is the portion of an ode sung by the chorus in its returning movement from west to east in response to the strophe, which was sung from east to west.
Epistrophe (Greek: ἐπιστροφή, "return") is the repetition of the same word or words at the end of successive phrases, clauses or sentences. [1] It is also known as epiphora and occasionally as antistrophe.
According to one meaning of the word, an epode [1] is the third part of an ancient Greek choral ode that follows the strophe and the antistrophe and completes the movement. [ 2 ] The word epode is also used to refer to the second (shorter) line of a two-line stanza of the kind composed by Archilochus and Hipponax in which the first line ...
The chorus (or performers of the ode) would deliver the strophe from one side of the stage, then move to the opposite side to deliver the antistrophe, and finally to centerstage for the epode. This is reflected the three-part nature of the ode: the strophe sets up a theme, the antistrophe balances it with a contrary perspective, and the epode ...
A strophe (/ ˈ s t r oʊ f iː /) is a poetic term originally referring to the first part of the ode in Ancient Greek tragedy, followed by the antistrophe and epode.The term has been extended to also mean a structural division of a poem containing stanzas of varying line length.
Also apophthegm. A terse, pithy saying, akin to a proverb, maxim, or aphorism. aposiopesis A rhetorical device in which speech is broken off abruptly and the sentence is left unfinished. apostrophe A figure of speech in which a speaker breaks off from addressing the audience (e.g., in a play) and directs speech to a third party such as an opposing litigant or some other individual, sometimes ...
Hermeneutics – the theoretical underpinnings of interpreting texts, usually religious or literary. Heteroglossia – the use of a variety of voices or styles within one literary work or context. Homeoteleuton – a figure of speech where adjacent or parallel words have similar endings inside a verse, a sentence. Authors often use it to evoke ...
The verses were structured in triadic stanzas (strophe, antistrophe, epode), typical of choral lyric. Triads are found for example in plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides, in odes by Pindar and Bacchylides, and they are known also to have been characteristic of the poetry of Stesichorus. The handwriting indicated that a scribe had ...