thumbBoustrophedon ( ) is a style of writing in which alternate lines of writing are reversed, with letters also written in reverse, mirror-style. This is in contrast to modern European languages, where lines always begin on the same side, usually the left.

The original term comes from , a composite of ???? , "ox"; ?????? , "turn"; and the adverbial suffix -??? , "like, in the manner of"--that is, "like the ox turns [while plowing]". It is mostly seen