epode

英 ['epəʊd] 美
  • n. 长短句交替的古代抒情诗体;希腊抒情颂诗第三节

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epode (n.)
1590s, a kind of lyric poem in which a short line follows a longer one (invented by Archilochus, also used by Horace), from Latin epodos, from Greek epodus "after-song, incantation," from epi "after" (see epi-) + odein "to sing" (see ode). Related: Epodic.

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