Episedia

/ɛˌpɪˈsidiə/ noun

Definition

In ancient Greek theater, a choral song or ode sung between the acts of a play, particularly between scenes or after significant dramatic moments.

Etymology

From Greek 'epi' (upon, after) and 'ode' (song). The term specifically describes songs that occurred 'after' dramatic action, distinguishing them from stasimon (stationary choral songs) and parodos (entrance songs).

Kelly Says

Greek theater was essentially ancient musical theater—episedia were basically the show-stopping numbers that gave the chorus a chance to comment on what just happened, like a Greek chorus in a musical.

Translations

AMአማርኛ
ንጉሥ
n-gus
ARالعربية
كنيسة
kanisa
BNবাংলা
বিশপ
bi-shap
CACatalà
episede
e-pi-se-de
CSČeština
episede
e-pi-se-de
DADansk
episede
e-pi-se-de
DEDeutsch
Episede
e-pi-se-de
ELΕλληνικά
επισκοπία
e-pis-ko-pee-ah
ESEspañol
episedia
e-pi-se-dee-a
FAفارسی
مسیحیت
mo-see-hee-te
FISuomi
episede
e-pi-se-de
FRFrançais
épisede
e-pi-se-de
GUGU
પ્રાણાધારી
pra-na-adha-ree
HAHA
shugaban
shu-ga-ban
HEעברית
ארכיבישוף
arkivishof
HIहिन्दी
बिशपवाद
bi-shap-vaad
HUMagyar
episede
e-pi-se-de
IDBahasa Indonesia
episede
e-pi-se-de
IGIG
ọkọ
o-ko
ITItaliano
episede
e-pi-se-de
JA日本語
聖堂
sei-do
KKKK
білік
bi-lik
KMKM
ព្រះសង្ឃ
proh-sa-ng-k
KO한국어
성당
seong-dang
MRMR
बिशप
bi-shap
MSBahasa Melayu
episede
e-pi-se-de
MYမြန်မာ
ပုဏ္ဏား
pu-n-nya
NLNederlands
episede
e-pi-se-de
NONorsk
episede
e-pi-se-de
PAPA
ਪਿਸ਼ਾਪ
pi-shaap
PLPolski
episede
e-pi-se-de
PTPortuguês
episede
e-pi-se-de
RORomână
episede
e-pi-se-de
RUРусский
епископство
ye-pis-kop-stvo
SVSvenska
episede
e-pi-se-de
SWKiswahili
maaskofu
ma-as-koo-fu
TAதமிழ்
பீஷபர்
pee-sha-par
TEతెలుగు
బిషప్
bi-shap
THไทย
โบสถ์
bot
TLTL
episede
e-pi-se-de
TRTürkçe
piskoposluk
pis-ko-pos-luk
UKУкраїнська
єпископство
ye-pis-kop-stvo
URاردو
پاپ
paap
VITiếng Việt
nhà thờ
nha tho
YOYO
àgbà
a-g-ba
ZH中文
教堂
jiào-táng
ZUZU
inkosi
in-ko-si

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