the chanting or singing performed by a chorus in an ancient Greek tragedy
2.
either of two gangways used by actors to enter and exit the stage in an ancient Greek theatre
parodos in American English
(ˈpɑːrəˌdɑs)
nounWord forms: plural-doi (-ˌdɔi)
(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
Word origin
[‹ Gk párodos way by, passage, equiv. to par-par- + (h)odós way, road]