pro-ode
(ˈprəʊəʊd)
[ad. Gr. προῳδός: see pro-2 and ode.]
An introductory ode in a Greek chorus; an overture or prelude; also, a short verse preceding a longer one: opposed to epode.
| 1850 Mure Lit. Greece III. 58 The epode, when prefixed to the [strophe and antistrophe], assumes the name of Proöde. 1900 H. W. Smyth Grk. Melic Poets 284 A glyconic proode followed by a simmiacum. |