"peripety," or sudden reversal of circumstances, on which the plot of the "H.llenica" hinges, see Grote, "H. G." x. From Wordnik.com. [Hellenica] Reference
For the “peripety,” or sudden reversal of circumstances, on which the plot of the. From Wordnik.com. [Hellenica] Reference
It is a turning-point, a veritable moral peripety, though the decisive step was taken long ago. From Wordnik.com. [Cyropaedia] Reference
Hence a sudden and complete peripety in the student's mind. From Wordnik.com. [Seven Men] Reference
The peripety was according to the best rules of tragic art. From Wordnik.com. [Zuleika Dobson, or, an Oxford love story] Reference
For him to fall in love was itself a violent peripety, bound to produce a violent upheaval; and such was his pride that for his love to be unrequited would naturally enamour him of death. From Wordnik.com. [Zuleika Dobson, or, an Oxford love story] Reference
For him to fall in love was itself a violent peripety, bound to produce a violent up-heaval; and such was his pride that for his love to be unrequited would naturally enamour him of death. From Wordnik.com. [Zuleika Dobson] Reference
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