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Definition of Peripetia
1. Noun. A sudden and unexpected change of fortune or reverse of circumstances (especially in a literary work). "A peripeteia swiftly turns a routine sequence of events into a story worth telling"
Definition of Peripetia
1. Noun. (alternative form of peripeteia) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Peripetia
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Peripetia
Literary usage of Peripetia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1789)
"... of fortune without peripetia, or DISCOVERY. Mr. Pye, m the note, ...
The peripetia, therefore ..."
2. The Rhetoric, Poetic, and Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle by Aristotle (1818)
"But I call the action simple, from which taking place, as it has been defined,
with continuity and unity, there is a transition without peripetia, ..."
3. The Rhetoric, Poetic, and Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle: Of Aristotle by Aristotle (1818)
"But I call the action simple, from which taking place, as it has been defined,
with continuity and unity, there is a transition without peripetia, ..."
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