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The section of a choral ode answering a previous strophe in classical Greek drama
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antistrophe
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Antistrophe \An*tis"tro*phe\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to turn to the opposite side; ? against + ? to turn. See Strophe .] In Greek choruses and dances, the returning of the chorus, exactly answering to a previous strophe or movement from right to left. ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 In Greek choruses and dances, the returning of the chorus, exactly answering to a previous strophe or movement from right to left. Hence: The lines of this part of the choral song. 2 (context rhetoric English) The repetition of words in an inverse ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1600, from Latin, from Greek antistrophe "a turning about, a turning back," from antistrephein , from anti- "against" (see anti- ) + strephein "to turn" (see strophe ).
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the section of a choral ode answering a previous strophe in classical Greek drama; the second of two metrically corresponding sections in a poem
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Antistrophe (, "a turning back") is the portion of an ode sung by the chorus in its returning movement from west to east, in response to the strophe , which was sung from east to west. It has the nature of a reply and balances the effect of the strophe ...
Usage examples of antistrophe.
Epode 2 alpha, Strophe alpha 1, Strophe beta 2, Antistrophe alpha gamma, Antistrophe beta gamma, Antistrophe beta gamma, Antistrophe alpha gamma, Epode 1 gamma, Epode 2 gamma.
The Poet seems, in the first Ode particularly, to design the Epode as a complete air to the Strophe and Antistrophe, which have more the appearance of Recitative.
Full Choral Ode, the evolutions carrying them to the extreme Left of the Orchestra in the Strophe, and in the Antistrophe back to the Altar.
Then the Chorus address themselves to a Choral Ode in memory of the Spirit now passed beneath the earth: the evolutions as usual, carrying them with each Strophe to one end of the Orchestra, and with the Antistrophe back to the Altar.
Strophe 2, Antistrophe 1, Antistrophe 2, Antistrophe 1 alpha, Antistrophe 2 alpha.
The rhythm of alternating dawn and sunset, the strophe and antistrophe still perceptible through all the sudden shifts of our dithyrambic seasons and echoed in corresponding floral harmonies, made melody in the soul of Abel, the plain serving-man.
Voice answered voice in dark supplication, strophe and antistrophe, summoning .
It was a weird and melancholy music that seemed to swing backwards and forwards between two bands of singers, each strophe and antistrophe, if those are the right words, ending in a kind of wail or cry of despair which turned my blood cold.
Choirs must follow strophe and antistrophe and end the play in catastrophe.
He was bewildered, for instance, by her new and to him quite inexplicable reluctance to respond to their familiar urinary tune by singing the antistrophe that signified assent, and crouching to relieve herself.
Strophes and Antistrophes as in the Prelude, but the Evolutions now leading them from the central Altar to the extreme Right and Left of the Orchestra.
Admetus, whose speeches fall into the rhythm of a Funeral March, and the Chorus, who speak in Strophes and Antistrophes of more elaborate lyric rhythm, often interrupted by the wails of Admetus.
He should have responded with one or other of the appropriate antistrophes, but he was silent.
Written in monostichs, each divided into strophe and antistrophe, the sentiment of the 1st.