Antistrophe Definition
ăn-tĭstrə-fē
noun
The second stanza, and those like it, in a poem consisting of alternating stanzas in contrasting metrical form.
American Heritage
In the ancient Greek theater,
Webster's New World
The second division of the triad of a Pindaric ode, having the same stanza form as the strophe.
American Heritage
In a Pindaric ode, the stanza, usually in the same or similar form, which follows the strophe.
Webster's New World
The choral movement in classical Greek drama in the opposite direction from that of the strophe.
American Heritage
Other Word Forms of Antistrophe
Noun
Singular:
antistrophePlural:
antistrophesOrigin of Antistrophe
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Late Latin antistrophē antistrophe of Greek tragedy from Greek strophic correspondence from antistrephein to turn back anti- back anti– strephein to turn strophe
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀντιστροφή (antistrophe, “turning about”).
From Wiktionary
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