STROPHE
- part of an ancient Greek choral ode [n -S]
- a part of an ancient Greek choral ode [n STROPHES] : STROPHIC [adj]
- the part of an ancient Greek choral ode sung by the chorus when moving from right to left
- the movement performed by the chorus during the singing of this part
- the first of the three series of lines forming the divisions of each section of a Pindaric ode