antode

English

Etymology

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

Noun

antode (plural antodes)

1. (historical, Ancient Greece, theater) A particular ode sung in response to another.
   • 1975, Francisco Rodríguez Adrados, Festival, Comedy and Tragedy: The Greek Origins of Theatre:

     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.

Anagrams

• Deaton, Donate, atoned, donate