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stichomythia

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12 lettersPronunciation /stɪkəˈmɪθɪə/Sorted achhiimosttyStarts with SEnds with A0 clues
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Definitions

  1. A technique in drama or poetry, in which alternating lines, or half-lines, are given to alternating characters, voices, or entities.

Word origin

From Latin, from Ancient Greek στιχομυθία (stikhomuthía), from στίχος (stíkhos, “line of verse”) (see sticho-) + μῦθος (mûthos, “speech”).

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  • The stichomythias are just as necessary in Sophocles' tragedies as are his choruses.

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