[an-tis-truh-fee] 
| 1. | the part of an ancient Greek choral ode answering a previous strophe, sung by the chorus when returning from left to right. |
| 2. | the movement performed by the chorus while singing an antistrophe. |
| 3. | Prosody. the second of two metrically corresponding systems in a poem. Compare strophe (def. 3). |
| an·tis·tro·phe (ān-tĭs'trə-fē) n.
[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.] an'ti·stroph'ic (ān'tĭ-strŏf'ĭk) adj., an'ti·stroph'i·cal·ly adv. |
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 choral odes of Greek drama each of these parts corresponded to a specific movement of the chorus as it performed that part. During the strophe the chorus moved from right to left on the stage; during the antistrophe it moved from left to right
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