What Latin phrase, meaning 'in the midst of things,' describes the literary technique of starting a story in the middle of the action rather than at the beginning?
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In medias res
The Roman poet Horace first coined the term in his work 'Ars Poetica.' Classic examples include Homer's 'Iliad' and 'Odyssey,' which both begin well after the start of the Trojan War.
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