Epic theme
The Epirrhema (Greek, "too, afterword," even "the purpose Spoken") is a part of Greek ancient theater dramaturgy .
It is used, for example, in the old Attic comedy by Aristophanes , namely in the so-called epirrhematic composition in the second part of the Parabase . Here the ancient Greek theater choir performs a song verse (the ode). This is followed by the Epirrhema, a recitation in Trochaic tetrameters . This combination is repeated in Antode and Antepirrhema, the respective counterparts to Ode and Epirrhema, and thus forms a dialogue.
The songs were mostly hymns to the gods. The epic theme contained ridicule or blatant descriptions.
"Epirrhema" is what Goethe calls one of his poems about the observation of nature.
