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. the choral movement in classical greek drama in the oppostite direction from that of the strophe.
4. the part of a choral ode sung while this movement is executed.

1. in greek choruses and dances, the returning of the chorus, exactly answering to a previous strophe or movement from right to left. hence: the lines of this part of the choral song.
2. the repetition of words in an inverse order.
3. the repetition of a word or phrase at the end of successive clauses
4. the retort or turning of an adversary's plea against him.

1. in greek choruses and dances, the returning of the chorus, exactly answering to a previous strophe or movement from right to left. hence: the lines of this part of the choral song.
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3. the repetition of words in an inverse order; as, the master of the servant and the servant of the master.
4. the retort or turning of an adversary's plea against him.

1. A part of an ancient greek choral ode corresponding to the strophe, which immediately precedes it, and identical with it in meter.
2. in rhetoric: the reciprocal conversion of the same words in consecutive clauses or sentences: as, the master of the servant, the servant of the master.
3. the turning of an adversary's plea against him: as, had I killed him as you report, I had not stayed to bury him.

1. the section of a choral ode answering a previous strophe in classical greek drama; the second of two metrically corresponding sections in a poem