parodos

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[pahr-uh-dos] / ˈpɑr əˌdɒs /

noun

parodoi plural

1. (in ancient Greek drama) an ode sung by the chorus at their entrance, usually beginning the play and preceding the proagōn in comedy or the alteration of epeisodia and stasima in tragedy.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• parodoi
  plural

Etymology

Origin of parodos

< Greek párodos way by, passage, equivalent to par- par- + ( h ) odós way, road