27 March 2018

boustrophedon

[boo-struh-feed-n, -fee-don, bou-]

noun

1. an ancient method of writing in which the lines run alternately from right to left and from left to right.

Origin of boustrophedon

Greek

1775-1785-85; < Greek boustrophēdón literally, like ox-turning (in plowing), equivalent to bou- (stem of boûs) ox + -strophē- (see strophe ) + -don adv. suffix

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Historical Examples

It is written in the most ancient Greek characters, and in the boustrophedon manner.
Museum of Antiquity
L. W. Yaggy

The words of the text are ranged in squares in such a manner as to be read either vertically or boustrophedon.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 6
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Today’s quote

Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it.

– Blaise Pascal

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