epode

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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

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 Alden, Raymond MacDonald

As Milton says, “strophe, antistrophe and epode were a kind of stanza framed only for the music then used with the chorus that sang.”

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various

Of the three parts of the ode, the strophe, the antistrophe, and the epode, each was to be sung at a particular part of the procession.

From The Symbolism of Freemasonry by Mackey, Albert G.

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 Martinengo-Cesaresco, Countess Evelyn