stichomythia

== English == === Etymology === From Latin, from Ancient Greek στιχομυθία (stikhomuthía), from στίχος (stíkhos, “line of verse”) (see sticho-) + μῦθος (mûthos, “speech”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /stɪkəˈmɪθɪə/ === Noun === stichomythia (countable and uncountable, plural stichomythias) (poetry) A technique in drama or poetry, in which alternating lines, or half-lines, are given to alternating characters, voices, or entities. ==== Related terms ==== stichomythic ==== Translations ==== === See also === rhesis