epistrophe

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In classical Greek philosophy, and especially in Plato, the epistrophe or periagoge in the above passage refers to the

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  1. In rhetoric, a figure in which several successive clauses or sentences end with the same word or affirmation: as, “Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham ? so am I.” 2 Cor. xi. 22.
  2. In music, in a cyclic composition, the original concluding melody, phrase, or section, when repeated at the end of the several divisions; a refrain.
  3. In botany, the arrangement of chlorophyl-grains, under the influence of light, on the surface-walls of cells and on those parts of the walls which bound intercellular spaces (Frank), or more properly on those walls which are at right angles to the plane of incident light. (Moore).

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  • In classical Greek philosophy, and especially in Plato, the epistrophe or periagoge in the above passage refers to the —  Latest Articles
  • Preachers at black churches are the last people left in the English-speaking world who know the schemes and tropes of classical rhetoric: parallelism, antithesis, epistrophe, synec-doche, metonymy, periphrasis, litotes-the whole bag of tricks. —  The Two Malcontents
  • The title of the work alludes to the literary term epistrophe, used to describe the repetition of words at the end of consecutive phrases. —  artforum.com
 

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  1. = French épistrophe = Portuguese epistrophe = Italian epistrofe, from Late Latin epistrophe, from Greek ἐπιστροφή, a turning about, from ἐπιστρέφειν, turn about, turn to, from ἐπί, upon, + στρέφειν, turn.
 

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