The Collaborative International Dictionary
Strophes
Strophe \Stro"phe\, n.; pl. Strophes. [NL., from Gr. ?, fr. ? to twist, to turn; perh. akin to E. strap.] In Greek choruses and dances, the movement of the chorus while turning from the right to the left of the orchestra; hence, the strain, or part of the choral ode, sung during this movement. Also sometimes used of a stanza of modern verse. See the Note under Antistrophe.
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strophes
n. (plural of strophe English)
Usage examples of "strophes".
A little apart from the others a young boy was listening to those difficult strophes, half attentive, half in dream.
Pride and gratitude alternated in his joy like the strophes of an ode.
Dressed in silver halters, robed in see-through shifts, they danced, reciting strophes that didn’t scan to the eerie piping of flutes.