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Definition of protasis:

(n) : the first part of a play, in which the setting and characters are introduced; the antecedent in a conditional sentence
"1922: It doubles itself in the middle of his life, reflects itself in another, repeats itself, protasis, epitasis, catastasis, catastrophe. -- James Joyce, Ulysses"
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website design charlotte.
Definition of protasis:

(n) : the first part of a play, in which the setting and characters are introduced; the antecedent in a conditional sentence
"1922: It doubles itself in the middle of his life, reflects itself in another, repeats itself, protasis, epitasis, catastasis, catastrophe. -- James Joyce, Ulysses"

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