Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In the hymnology of the Greek Church, the first strophe or stanza of a standard or original ode in a canon of odes, serving as a rhythmical and musical model for the other stanzas (troparia), both of its own ode and of others in the same rhythm. In the office-books it is inclosed in inverted commas, and is given in full only at the head of its own ode, the initial words alone being prefixed to other odes. A hirmos is sometimes said at the end of its ode.
“A strophe or stanza of a standard hymn which indicates the melody of a composition, is known as a hirmos (eirmos).”
“Some believe that a hirmos placed at the end of a hymn should be called a catabasia (katabasia) while others hold that the catabasia is a short hymn sung by the choir, who descend from their seats into the church for the purpose.”
“The troparia turn to the strophes of the hirmos as to a model.”
“-- Unlike the troparion, which follows the model set by the hirmos, the idiomelon has no model.”
“-- Troparia are the stanzas which follow the hirmos.”
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