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  • noun In Ancient Greek papyri, anything written beside the main text, such as a marginal note or sign to mark the close or beginning of a sentence, or (in a drama) to indicate a change of speaker.

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  • It was Aristotle who first noted the division of topics into paragraphs, although scholars of today disagree whether paragraphs were initially marked by dividing strokes between them or by horizontal lines (called paragraphos) under the beginning of a line in which the topic was concluded.

    VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol X No 2 1983

  • If anyone has a copy of “sisters”, please publish some of the choice paragraphos.

    Think Progress » VIDEO: Lynne Cheney Unhinged On CNN 2006

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