antistrophe
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The deceased was the tragic hero, the survivors the innocent victims; there was the omnipresence of the deity, strophe and antistrophe of the chorus of mourners led by the preacher.
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
The conversation was a prolonged paean to the host, with choral strophe and antistrophe.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20. July, 1877. by Various
His chanting and his playing answer and supplement each other, like strophe and antistrophe.
From Idolatry A Romance by Hawthorne, Julian
As Milton says, “strophe, antistrophe and epode were a kind of stanza framed only for the music then used with the chorus that sang.”
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various
The Greek odes were accompanied by music and dancing, the singers moving to one side during the strophe, retracing their steps during the antistrophe, ... and standing still during the epode.
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Alden, Raymond MacDonald
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Reading: Literature - Drama - High School
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Ancient Greece: Mythology and Literature - High School
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