Epode

[epәud]

Definition

(n.) The after song; the part of a lyric ode which follows the strophe and antistrophe, -- the ancient ode being divided into strophe, antistrophe, and epode.

(n.) A species of lyric poem, invented by Archilochus, in which a longer verse is followed by a shorter one; as, the Epodes of Horace. It does not include the elegiac distich.

Editor: Sweeney

Definition

n. a kind of lyric poem invented by Archilochus in which a longer verse is followed by a shorter one: the last part of a lyric ode sung after the strophe and antistrophe.—adj. Epod′ic.

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