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Methods > Figures of speech > Chiasmus

Preferred term

1679Chiasmus  

Broader concept

Scope note

  • Αrrangement of words and phrases in the form of a cross (from the Greek letter “X”); it is most
    commonly used in two adjacent lines of a poem. 

Source

  • Klarel 1999
  • Λεξικό της Κοινής Νέας Ελληνικής
  • Λεξικό φιλολογικών και συναφών όρων
  • Νάκας 2005

Contributor

  • Katsiadakis Helen (AA)

Creator

  • Kalafata Patritsia (AA)

Notation

  • 1679

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https://humanitiesthesaurus.academyofathens.gr/dyas-resource/Concept/1679

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