1. a turning , e.g. of a horse, (Xenophon Historicus); ἐν στροφαῖσιν ὀμμάτων with rolling of the eyes, (Euripides)

2. a twist , such as wrestlers make to elude their adversary, (Plato Philosophus):—;metaphorically a trick, dodge , (Aristophanes Comicus)

3. the turning of the Chorus as they danced from right to left of the ὀρχήστρα: the strain sung during this evolution, the strophe , to which the ἀντιστροφή answers. (ML)