epode
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To Sicily we trace the germs of Greek comedy, and the addition of the epode to the strophe and anti-strophe.
From Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) by Countess Evelyn Martinengo-Cesaresco
The Greek odes were accompanied by music and dancing, the singers moving to one side during the strophe, retracing their steps during the antistrophe, ... and standing still during the epode.
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Raymond MacDonald Alden
The epode soon took a firm place in choral poetry, which it lost when that branch of literature declined.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" by Various
He was also the first to make use of the arrangement of verses called the epode.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" by Various
In Latin poetry the epode was cultivated, in conscious archaism, both as a part of the ode and as an independent branch of poetry.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" by Various
