antistrophe

antistrophe
—antistrophic /an'teuh strof"ik, -stroh"fik/, antistrophal, adj. —antistrophically, adv.
/an tis"treuh fee/, n.
1. the part of an ancient Greek choral ode answering a previous strophe, sung by the chorus when returning from left to right.
2. the movement performed by the chorus while singing an antistrophe.
3. Pros. the second of two metrically corresponding systems in a poem. Cf. strophe (def. 3).
[1540-50; < Gk: a turning about. See ANTI-, STROPHE]

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      in Greek lyric odes (ode), the second part of the traditional three-part structure. The antistrophe followed the strophe and preceded the epode. In the choral odes of Greek drama (dramatic literature) each of these parts corresponded to a specific movement of the chorus as it performed that part. During the strophe the chorus moved from right to left on the stage; during the antistrophe it moved from left to right.

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