Definition of Parodos

1. an ode sung in ancient Greek drama [n -DOI]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Parodos

parochians
parochin
parochins
parodiable
parodic
parodical
parodically
parodied
parodies
parodist
parodistic
parodists
parodoi
parodontitis
parodontium
parodos (current term)
parody
parodying
parodynia
paroecious
paroemia
paroemias
paroicous
paroket
parol
parol evidence rule
parolable
parole
parole board
parole officer

Literary usage of Parodos

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Papers of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens by Archaeological Institute of America (1897)
"The wall of the west parodos was uncovered, but not the parodos itself. The wall is not so well preserved as that of the east parodos, which was excavated ..."

2. Wagner's Dramas and Greek Tragedy by Pearl Cleveland Wilson (1919)
"THE VORSPIEL TO TRISTAN AND ISOLDE AND THE parodos OF THE SUPPLICES OF AESCHYLUS In contrast with the preludes to Wagner's earlier works ..."

3. The Attic Theatre: A Description of the Stage and Theatre of the Athenians by Arthur Elam Haigh (1898)
"However, in a considerable number of plays there was no parodos at all, but the chorus entered the orchestra in silence, while the first act of the drama ..."

4. The Antigone of Sophocles in Greek and English by Sophocles, John William Donaldson (1848)
"parodos. CHORUS. STROPHE i. BEAM of the sun, the fairest light That ever shone on Theba, seven-gated ! ..."

5. A Study of Archaism in Euripides by Clarence Augustus Manning (1916)
"CHAPTER III THE parodos IN the structure of the parados, Euripides again follows ... Of course, as the parodos is largely lyric, we must expect it to be ..."

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