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Definition of Stichomythia
1. Noun. (poetry) A technique in drama or poetry, in which alternating lines, or half-lines, are given to alternating characters, voices, or entities ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Stichomythia
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stichomythia
Literary usage of Stichomythia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Wallenstein: Ein Trauerspiel by Friedrich Schiller, Karl Breul (1896)
"stichomythia. In most cases the dialogue or the narration is carried on in speeches
consisting of several lines, alternating with passages of similar length ..."
2. The Tragic Drama of the Greeks by Arthur Elam Haigh (1896)
"One of the best known instances is the favourite 'stichomythia,' or ... In addition
to the 'stichomythia' there are many examples in Greek tragedy of ..."
3. The Andromache of Euripides by Euripides, Gilbert Norwood (1906)
"Frequent in stichomythia, when the speaker assents to or dissents from what is said
... (ii) " Yes " in stichomythia, implying assent and adding something, ..."
4. Notes and Emendations to Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides: In Connexion by Graduate of Cambridge, Wilhelm Dindorf (1903)
"So too I regard 1018, 1019, taking the three verses 1007-1009 as the opening of
the stichomythia, so that Iphigeneia would only speak one verse. ..."
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