n.1 a the concluding part of a literary work. b an appendix.
2 a speech or short poem addressed to the audience by an actor at the end of a play.
3 Brit. a short piece at the end of a day's broadcasting (cf. PROLOGUE).
Etymology: ME f. F {eacute}pilogue f. L epilogus f. Gk epilogos (as EPI-, logos speech)