epilogue

also n.

1. 1. A short poem or speech spoken directly to the audience following the conclusion of a play.
   2. The performer who delivers such a short poem or speech.
2. A short addition or concluding section at the end of a literary work, often dealing with the future of its characters. Also called afterword.

[Middle English epiloge, from Old French epilogue, from Latin epilogus, from Greek epilogos, conclusion of a speech : epi-, epi- + logos, word, speech.]

(EP-uh-log)
noun, also epilog
1. A short concluding section at the end of a literary work, detailing the future of the story, its characters, etc. Also known as afterword.
2. A short speech, often in verse form, spoken by an actor directly to the spectators at the end of a play. Also, the actor giving such a speech.

Etymology
From Middle English epilogue, from French epilogue, from Latin epilogus, from Greek epilogos, from epi- (after, over) + logos (word, speech).

Usage
"One of Nafisi's students writes, by way of epilogue to Reading Lolita in Tehran, 'Hardly anything has changed in the nonstop sameness of our everyday life. ...'" — Tobias Axel; Nafisi Takes on Khomeini's Iran With Western Fiction; Daily Star (Beirut, Lebanon); Feb 3, 2004.

"They could also look further afield and take note of the resurgence at Roma of Fabio Capello, who is fighting against the assumption that his current life is merely an epilogue to the Milan era of the early 1990s." — Kevin McCarra; Ousting of Ferguson Would Reap Whirlwind; Mail & Guardian (Johannesburg, South Africa); Jan 30, 2004.

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n

Definition: afterword
Antonyms: foreword, introduction, preface

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epilogue [ep‐i‐log], a concluding section of any written work. At the end of some plays in the age of Shakespeare and Jonson, a single character would address the audience directly, begging indulgence and applause; both the speech and the speaker were known as the epilogue, as in Rosalind's closing address in As You Like It. Some novels have epilogues in which the characters' subsequent fates are briefly outlined.

verb: epilogize.

adjective: epilogistic.

IN BRIEF: A part added at the end of a play or novel in which the author makes some comment.

An epilogue explained what happened to the characters because of the events in the story.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - efterskrift, tilføjelse, tillæg, slutningstale, afslutning

Nederlands (Dutch)
epiloog, nawoord, naspel, slotwoord

Français (French)
n. - conclusion, (Littérat) épilogue

Deutsch (German)
n. - Epilog, Nachwort

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (θεατρικός ή ρητορικός) επίλογος, (μτφ.) επίλογος, τελική έκβαση

Italiano (Italian)
epilogo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - epílogo (m)

Русский (Russian)
эпилог, послесловие

Español (Spanish)
n. - epílogo, palabras finales

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - epilog

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
结语, 收场白, 尾声

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 結語, 收場白, 尾聲

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 끝맺음 말, 후주

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 結びの部分, エピローグ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) خاتمه الكتاب أو القصيدة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮סיום, אפילוג‬

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