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περιπέτεια

περιπέτεια, a turning right about

περιπέτ-εια, ἡ, (περιπετής)
  • turning right about, reversal of the normal order, Arist. HA 590b13; esp. sudden change of condition or fortune, Id. Rh. 1371b10; π. τύχης D.S. 8.10; mostly from good to bad, Plb. 1.13.11, etc.: less freq. from bad to good, Id. 21.26.16, D.S. 4.43: generally, any strange occurrence, unexpected event, Plb. 9.12.6, 38.9.2, D.S. 3.57, etc.; ἐκ π. Arist. Po. 1454b29, cf. Plb. 32.8.4, Sch. BT Il. 2.156.
      • 2 esp. sudden reversal of circumstances on which the plot in a Tragedy hinges, such as Oedipus’ discovery of his parentage, ἔστι δὲ π. ἡ εἰς τὸ ἐναντίον τῶν πραττομένων μεταβολή Arist. Po. 1452a22, cf. 1450a34 (pl.).
        • b the plot itself, = ὑπόθεσις, S.E. M. 3.3.
      • 3 ἡ π. τοῦ λόγου the varied course of the argument, Olymp. in Mete. 98.12, 274.28: but in pl., of cheap sensational effects, Phld. Po. 5.33.

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