Pindaric ode

noun

A formal type of lyric poetry originating in Ancient Greece, consisting of a strophe, an antistrophe, and an epode.

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nounPindaric ode (plural Pindaric odes)

plural Pindaric odes

  1. communicationsA formal type of lyric poetry originating in Ancient Greece, consisting of a strophe, an antistrophe, and an epode.

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nounan ode form used by Pindar; has triple groups of triple units

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