noun

1. in the ancient Greek theater,
   1. the return movement, from left to right of the stage, made by the chorus in answering the previous strophe
   2. the part of the choric song performed during this
2. in a Pindaric ode, the stanza, usually in the same or similar form, which follows the strophe
3. in poems with contrasting or parallel stanza systems, a stanza of the second system

Etymology: LL < Gr antistrophē < antistrephein, to turn about < anti-, against, opposite + strephein, to turn: see strophe