Boustrophedon (boo-struh-FEED-n)
Boustrophedon describes a snake-like motion in which a line of text doubles back on itself as it descends a page.
"I never heard of boustrophedon until now. I know how Chinese writes. I know how Arabs write. And of course, I know how the usual people right - from right to left and back to right to left. So I am wondering which ancient group of people used this method of writing."
- is an ancient method of writing in which the lines run alternately from right to left and from left to right.
Boustrophedon describes a snake-like motion in which a line of text doubles back on itself as it descends a page.
"I never heard of boustrophedon until now. I know how Chinese writes. I know how Arabs write. And of course, I know how the usual people right - from right to left and back to right to left. So I am wondering which ancient group of people used this method of writing."
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