different between entities vs stichomythia

English

Noun

entities

1. plural of entity

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /st?k??m????/

Noun

stichomythia (countable and uncountable, plural stichomythias)

1. (poetry) A technique in drama or poetry, in which alternating lines, or half-lines, are given to alternating characters, voices, or entities.
   • 2006, Olga Freidenberg, Image and Concept, page 297:

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

   • 2012, R. B. Rutherford, Greek Tragic Style: Form, Language and Interpretation, page 165:

     The two modes have different effects: while a rhesis allows the speaker to give an account of himself, attempt to persuade his hearers, or move freely across a range of emotions or types of argument, stichomythia is better suited to swift exchange of information through question and answer, though it can also be used for spicy polemic, aggressive interrogation, or accusation and defence.

Related terms

• stichomythic

See also

• rhesis