Editing Epode (section)

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According to one meaning of the word, an '''epode'''<ref>From {{langx|el|ἐπῳδός}}, ''epodos'', "singing to/over, an enchanter."</ref> is the third part of an ancient Greek choral [[ode]] that follows the [[strophe]] and the [[antistrophe]] and completes the movement.<ref name=EB1911>{{EB1911 |wstitle=Epode |volume=9 |page=707 |inline=1}}</ref>

The word epode is also used to refer to the second (shorter) line of a two-line stanza of the kind composed by [[Archilochus]] and [[Hipponax]] in which the first line consists of a dactylic hexameter or an iambic trimeter.<ref>West, M. L. (1987). [https://archive.org/details/west-1987-introduction-to-greek-metre/mode/2up?view=theater ''An Introduction to Greek Metre'']. Oxford.; p. 31.</ref> (See [[Archilochian]].) It can also be used (as in Horace's [[Epodes (Horace)|Epodes]]) to refer to poems written in such stanzas.