Multiple choice

In “Boustrophedon” the style of script is

  1. Always written from right to left

  2. Left to right in first line and right to left in the second

  3. Always written from left to right

  4. Written from right to left in first line and left to right in second line
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Explanation

In “Boustrophedon” the style of script is written from right to left in first line and left to right in second line. Rather than going left-to-right as in modern English, or right-to-left as in Arabic, alternate lines in boustrophedon must be read in opposite directions. The individual characters are reversed or mirrored in it.

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