In classical drama, the epitasis (ἐπίτασις) is the main action of a play, in which the trials and tribulations of the main character increase and build toward a climax and dénouement. It is the third and central part when a play is analyzed into five separate parts: prelude, protasis, epitasis, catastasis and catastrophe. In modern drama...
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part of a play where the action is developed
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• (n.) The period of violence in a fever or disease; paroxysm. • (n.) That part which embraces the main action of a play, poem, and the like, and leads on to the catastrophe; -- opposed to protasis.
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E·pit'a·sis noun [ New Latin , from Greek ... a stretching, from ... to stretch upon or over; 'epi` upon + ... to stretch.] 1. That part which embraces the main action of a play, poem, and the like, and leads on to the catastrophe; -- opposed to protasis . 2.
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the part of an ancient drama, following the protasis, in which the main action is developed. Cf. catastasis, catastrophe (def. 4),
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