A Figure of Speech Common in Classical Greek, Occasional in English
rogersgeorge on October 22nd, 2023
Greek is highly inflected, far more than English, so for classical Greek, word order is pretty flexible, and poets liked to use this figure of speech. It’s called chaismus. It means using a phrase twice, once in reverse order. Here’s an example in English. Only two words, but that’s English for you.
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