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BOUSTROPHEDON (BOUSTREPHEDON)

The word describes the act of plowing using an ox going back and forth and is applied to the ancient Greek method of writing in which alternate lines are written backwards so the lines go from left to right in one line and and right to left in the next.

Also see
Greek Alphabet
Greek Writing Net Links
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