Noun: peripeteia ,pe-ru-pi'tI-u
- A sudden and unexpected change of fortune or reversal of circumstances, especially in a literary work
"a peripeteia swiftly turns a routine sequence of events into a story worth telling";
- peripetia [rare], peripety [rare]
Derived forms: peripeteias
Type of: surprise, turn-up [Brit, informal]
Encyclopedia: Peripeteia