/ep"ohd/ , n.
1. Class. Pros. a kind of lyric poem, invented by Archilochus, in which a long verse is followed by a short one.
2. the part of a lyric ode following the strophe and antistrophe and composing with them a triadic unit.
[ 1590-1600; epodos epoidós an aftersong, singing after. See EP-, ODE ]