Overview. 1  Developed in France during the 1500's, the Beauceron is a large sheepdog used by farmers to protect cattle, sheep, and family. 2  The Beauceron breed is a powerful, solid, and well-balanced breed, the Beauceron is tireless and intelligent. 3  Beauceron's are well known for loyalty and devotion.
Definition of Epistrophe. Epistrophe is a figure of speech that involves the repetition of a word or phrase at the end of successive clauses or sentences. Epistrophe is also known as epiphora or antistrophe. The word epistrophe comes from the Greek for âreturn.â. The definition of epistrophe is opposite to that of anaphora, which is the repetition of words at the beginning of successive clauses or sentences.
Strophe. The strophe -- meaning turn -- is the first stanza of an ode and is essentially the first half of a debate or argument presented by the chorus. In reciting the strophe, the chorus moves from the right of the stage to the left. Because the size of the chorus during ancient performances would vary greatly, sometimes the entire chorus would perform both the strophe and the antistrophe, and sometimes the chorus would be split down the middle, with only one half reciting the strophe.