stich·o·myth·i·a (st k  -mth  -) also sti·chom·y·thy (st-k m-th)n. An ancient Greek arrangement of dialogue in drama, poetry, and disputation in which single lines of verse or parts of lines are spoken by alternate speakers. [Greek stikhom  thi , from stikhomthein, to speak in alternating lines : stikhos, stich; see steigh- in Indo-European roots + mthos, speech.]stich o·mythic adj. |
stichomythia [ˌstɪkəʊˈmɪθɪə], stichomythy [stɪˈkɒmɪθɪ]
n
(Literary & Literary Critical Terms) a form of dialogue originating in Greek drama in which single lines are uttered by alternate speakers
[from Greek stikhomuthein to speak alternate lines, from stikhos line + muthos speech; see myth]
stichomythic adj
stichomythia
dialogue in single alternating lines, as found in ancient Greek drama. — stichomythic, adj.
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