Parode
/ˈpær.oʊd/noun
The entrance song or first entrance of the chorus in ancient Greek drama.
Did you know?In Greek tragedy, the parode followed the prologue and marked the chorus’s entrance, linking drama to civic and religious festival performance.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*sodho-
“A way or path; the reconstructed root associated with Greek hodós”
Ancient Greek
Greek
πάροδος (pár所odos)
“A passage by or entrance; in drama, the chorus’s entrance song”
Classical Greek
Greek
πάροδος (párodos)
“The side passage into a theater and the chorus’s entrance”
Late Antiquity
Latin
parodos
“A theatrical entrance or entrance song, borrowed from Greek”
17th Century
English
parode
“A term for the chorus’s entrance in ancient Greek drama”
Modern English
English
parode
“The opening choral entrance or song in Greek tragedy”