antode

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noun

A particular ode sung in response to another.

OriginAncient Greek ἀντῳδή →
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Meanings

nounantode (plural antodes)

plural antodes

  1. historicalAncient GreeceentertainmentA 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 tetrameters catalectic.

    1975, Francisco Rodríguez Adrados, Festival, Comedy and Tragedy: The Greek Origins of Theatre

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekἀντῳδή
  2. Englishantode

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

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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