n. 长短句交替的古代抒情诗体, 希腊抒情颂诗第三节

n. The after song; the part of a lyric ode which follows the

strophe and antistrophe, -- the ancient ode being divided into strophe,

antistrophe, and epode.

n. A species of lyric poem, invented by Archilochus, in which a

longer verse is followed by a shorter one; as, the Epodes of Horace. It

does not include the elegiac distich.