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Catastases vs Catastasis - What's the difference?

catastases | catastasis |

As nouns the difference between catastases and catastasis

is that catastases is plural of catastasis while catastasis is in classical drama, the third and penultimate section, in which action is heightened for the catastrophe.

catastases

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Noun

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    • catastasis

    English

    Noun

  • In classical drama, the third and penultimate section, in which action is heightened for the catastrophe.
  • :* 1922', It doubles itself in the middle of his life, reflects itself in another, repeats itself, protasis, epitasis, '''catastasis , catastrophe. — James Joyce, ''Ulysses
  • :* 1965', ‘The object of the meta-theatre is precisely that – to allow the participants to see through their first roles in it. But that is only the '''catastasis .’ — John Fowles, ''The Magus

    • Related terms

    * protasis * epitasis * catastrophe