symploce n repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning and another at the end of successive clauses, i.e., simultaneous use of anaphora and epistrophe Usage(s) The Greek apparatus of rhetoric is a brilliantly elaborate armamentarium of speechmakers' devicessynecdoche, syllepsis, symploce and so on. The Greek apparatus of rhetoric is a brilliantly elaborate armamentarium of speechmakers' devicessynecdoche, syllepsis, symploce and so on.