antode

A particular ode sung in response to another.

Noun

  1. A particular ode sung in response to another.
    • For instance, in the agon of the Knights beginning at 757 we first (761 ff.) find a katakeleusmos and a debate in anapaestic tetrameters catalectic, while the symmetrical section, after the antode, is in iambic...

Origin

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀντῳδή (antōidḗ), from ᾠδή (ōidḗ).

Forms

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