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单词 stichomythia
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Definition of stichomythia in English:

stichomythia

noun ˌstɪkə(ʊ)ˈmɪθɪəˌstɪkəˈmɪθiə
mass noun
  • Dialogue in which two characters speak alternate lines of verse, used as a stylistic device in ancient Greek drama.

    交互对白(双方交互吟诵诗句,是古希腊戏剧的一种风格手段)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In fact this approach, called stichomythia, played a part in the creation of the Elizabethan tragic style.
    • When her subject is the relation of writing and dramaturgy per se, she has pertinent arguments to advance, as in her discussion of dialogic structure and the advent of stichomythia.
    • The five act structure, the appearance of some kind of ghost, the one line exchanges known as stichomythia, and Seneca's use of long rhetorical speeches were all later used in tragedies by Elizabethan playwrights.
    • The plays have been called ‘rhetorical’: certainly their most conspicuous feature is the passionate rhetoric of the leading characters, displayed both in terse stichomythia and extended harangues.

Origin

Mid 19th century: modern Latin, from Greek stikhomuthia, from stikhos 'row, line of verse' + muthos 'speech, talk'.

Rhymes

Pythia

Definition of stichomythia in US English:

stichomythia

nounˌstɪkəˈmɪθiəˌstikəˈmiTHēə
  • Dialogue in which two characters speak alternate lines of verse, used as a stylistic device in ancient Greek drama.

    交互对白(双方交互吟诵诗句,是古希腊戏剧的一种风格手段)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In fact this approach, called stichomythia, played a part in the creation of the Elizabethan tragic style.
    • The plays have been called ‘rhetorical’: certainly their most conspicuous feature is the passionate rhetoric of the leading characters, displayed both in terse stichomythia and extended harangues.
    • The five act structure, the appearance of some kind of ghost, the one line exchanges known as stichomythia, and Seneca's use of long rhetorical speeches were all later used in tragedies by Elizabethan playwrights.
    • When her subject is the relation of writing and dramaturgy per se, she has pertinent arguments to advance, as in her discussion of dialogic structure and the advent of stichomythia.

Origin

Mid 19th century: modern Latin, from Greek stikhomuthia, from stikhos ‘row, line of verse’ + muthos ‘speech, talk’.

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