单词 | stichomythia |
释义 | stichomythian. In classical Greek Drama, dialogue in alternate lines, employed in sharp disputation, and characterized by antithesis and rhetorical repetition or taking up of the opponent's words. Also applied to modern imitations of this. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > controversy, dispute, argument > [noun] > in Greek drama agon1847 stichomythia1861 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > a play > [noun] > parts of ancient Greek play protasisa1568 catastrophe1579 epitasis1589 antistrophea1620 catastasis1656 episode1678 exode1764 agon1847 stichomythia1861 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of structure or thought > [noun] > repetition > of opponent's line stichomythia1861 1861 F. A. Paley Æschylus' Prometheus (ed. 2) 640 It is not unlikely that a verse has been lost, which preserved the continuity of the stichomythia. 1914 Blackwood's Mag. June 855/1 Take..the passage of dialogue between Richard and Queen Elizabeth in ‘Richard III,’ as vivid a piece of stichomuthia as the English drama has to show. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1861 |
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