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  1. Antistrophe
    literally a turning about or opposite turning, one part of a stasimon; in ancient Greek theatre, the term applied to a part of a stasimon that corresponds metrically to a previously sung part (the strophe); the term is used because of the dancing movements of the chorus, which would be opposite to t...
    Found op http://ablemedia.com/ctcweb/glossary/glossaryi.html

  2. Antistrophe
    repetition of the same word or phrase at the end of successive clauses.
    *In 1931, ten years ago, Japan invaded Manchukuo -- without warning. In 1935, Italy invaded Ethiopia -- without warning. In 1938, Hitler occupied Austria -- without warning. In 1939, Hitler invaded Czechoslovakia -- without w...

    Found op http://www.uky.edu/AS/Classics/rhetoric.html

  3. Antistrophe
    The second stanza of a Pindaric ode. See ode.
    Found op http://www.poetsgraves.co.uk/glossary_of_poetic_terms.htm

  4. antistrophe
    [n] - the section of a choral ode answering a previous strophe in classical Greek drama
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=antistrophe

  5. Antistrophe
    An·tis'tro·phe noun [ Latin , from Greek ..., from ... to turn to the opposite side; ... against + ... to turn. See Strophe .] 1. In Greek choruses and dances, the returning of the chorus, exactly answering to a previous strophe...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/98

  6. antistrophe
    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. 'It was customary, on some occasions, to dance round the altars whilst they sang the sacred hymns, which consisted o...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?antistrophe

  7. antistrophe
    noun the section of a choral ode answering a previous strophe in classical Greek drama; the second of two metrically corresponding sections in a poem
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=antistrophe

  8. Antistrophe
    • (n.) 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. • (n.) The repetition of words in an inverse order; as, the master of the servant and the servant of t...
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/antistrophe/

  9. antistrophe
    in Greek lyric odes, the second part of the traditional three-part structure. The antistrophe followed the strophe and preceded the epode. In the ...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/a/84

  10. Antistrophe
    Antistrophe (ἀντιστροφή, "a turning back") is the portion of an ode sung by the chorus in its returning movement from west to east, in response to the strophe, which was sung from east to west. It has the nature of a reply and balances the effect of the strophe. Thus, in Gray`s ode calle...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antistrophe

  11. antistrophe
    (1) a reply to the strophe, and the second stanza in a Pindaric ode; or (2) the repetition of the same word or phrase at the end of successive lines or clauses.
    Found op http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/display_rpo/terminology.cfm#acatalectic

  12. antistrophe
    1) Stanza
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/antistrophe/1

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