n.

1. The second stanza, and those like it, in a poem consisting of alternating stanzas in contrasting metrical form.
2. The second division of the triad of a Pindaric ode, having the same stanza form as the strophe.
3. 1. The choral movement in classical Greek drama in the oppostite direction from that of the strophe.
   2. The part of a choral ode sung while this movement is executed.

[Late Latin antistrophē, antistrophe of Greek tragedy, from Greek, strophic correspondence, from antistrephein, to turn back : anti-, back; see anti– + strephein, to turn; see strophe.]

antistrophic an'ti·stroph'ic (ăn'tĭ-strŏf'ĭk) adj.
antistrophically an'ti·stroph'i·cal·ly adv.

antistrophe [an‐tis‐trŏ‐fi], 1. (1) the returning movement of the Greek dramatic chorus of dancers, after their first movement or strophe; hence also the accompanying verse lines recited by the chorus in a stanza matching exactly the metre of the preceding strophe. The odes of Pindar and his imitators conform to a triple structure of strophe, antistrophe, and epode.

2. (2) In rhetoric, antistrophe is also the name given to two rhetorical figures of repetition: in the first, the order of terms in one clause is reversed in the next (‘All for one, and one for all’); in the second (also known as epistrophe), a word or phrase is repeated at the end of several successive clauses, lines, or sentences (‘the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth’).

Adjective: antistrophic.

The second division in the triadic structure of Pindaric verse, corresponding metrically to the strophe; also, the stanza following or alternating with and responding to the strophe in ancient lyric poetry.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - antistrofe, modstrofe

Nederlands (Dutch)
antistrofe (tegenzang)

Français (French)
n. - antistrophe

Deutsch (German)
n. - Antistrophe, Wechselbeziehung, umgekehrte Anwendung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (προσωδ.) αντιστροφή (χορού)

Italiano (Italian)
antistrofe

Português (Portuguese)
n. - antístrofe (f) (Mús.)

Русский (Russian)
антистрофа, повторение слов в обратном порядке

Español (Spanish)
n. - antiestrofa

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - motstrof

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
对照乐节, 回舞歌, 反用

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 對照樂節, 回舞歌, 反用

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 역무, 대조 시절

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - アンティストロペ, 第二段

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮הפרק השני בשיר מקהלה ביוון העתיקה המושר כאשר המקהלה חוזרת משמאל לימין, תנועת המקהלה בעת השירה, אנטיסטרופה‬

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