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Webster 1913 Edition

Epode

Ep′ode

,
Noun.
[L.
epodos
, Gr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK], adj., singing to, sung or said after, fr. [GREEK] to sing to;
ἐπί
upon, to + [GREEK] to sing: cf. F.
épode
. See
Ode
.]
(Poet.)
(a)
The after song; the part of a lyric ode which follows the strophe and antistrophe, – the ancient ode being divided into strophe, antistrophe, and epode.
(b)
A species of lyric poem, invented by
Archilochus
, in which a longer verse is followed by a shorter one;
as, the
Epodes
of Horace
. It does not include the elegiac distich.

Webster 1828 Edition

Epode

EP'ODE

,
Noun.
[Gr. ode.] In lyric poetry, the third or last part of the ode; that which follows the strophe and antistrophe; the ancient ode being divided into strophe, antistrophe and epode. The word is now used as the name of any little verse or verses, that follow one or more great ones. Thus a pentameter after a hexameter is an epode.

Definition 2024

epode

epode

English

Noun

epode ‎(plural epodes)

  1. (poetry) The after song; the part of a lyric ode which follows the strophe and antistrophe.
  2. (poetry) A kind of lyric poem, invented by Archilochus, in which a longer verse is followed by a shorter one.

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