Ian Lancashire
University of Toronto
for the Shakespeare Association of America
San Francisco 1999
CATASTASIS: Catastasis (Gr.) the third part of a Comedy, and signifies the state and full vigour of it. Tragedies and Comedies have four principal parts in respect of the matter treated of, I. Protasis. 2 Epitasis. 3. Catastasis. 4. Catastrophe.
© Feb. 1999