περιπέτ-εια,ἡ, (περιπετής)
A. turning right about, reversalof the normal order, Arist. HA 590b13 ; esp.sudden changeof condition or fortune, Id. Rh. 1371b10 ; π. τύχης
D.S. 8.10
; mostly from good to bad, Plb. 1.13.11 , etc.: less freq. from bad to good, Id. 21.26.16 , D.S. 4.43 : generally,any strange occurrence, unexpected event, Plb. 9.12.6 , 38.9.2 , D.S. 3.57 , etc. ;ἐκ π. Arist. Po. 1454b29 , cf. Plb. 32.8.4 , Sch. BT Il. 2.156 .
2. esp.sudden reversal of circumstanceson which the plot in a Tragedy hinges, such as Oedipus' discovery of his parentage, ἔστι δὲ π. ἡ εἰς τὸ ἐναντίον τῶν πραττομένων μεταβολή
Arist. Po. 1452a22
, cf. 1450a34 (pl.).
b. theplotitself, = ὑπόθεσις , S.E. M. 3.3 .
3. ἡ π. τοῦ λόγουthevaried courseof the argument, Olymp. in Mete. 98.12 , 274.28 : but in pl., of cheap sensational effects, Phld. Po. 5.33 .