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Homogeneous, non-individualised group of performers in the plays of classical Greece, who comment with a collective voice on the dramatic action. CHORUS.

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1 homogeneous, non-individualised group of performers in the plays of classical Greece, who comment with a collective voice on the dramatic action. CHORUS

2 sponsor or patron of a play in classical Greece. Often this sponsor was honored by serving as the leader of the chorus CHORAGOS

3 separate introductory section of a literary or musical work PROLOGUE

4 The first section of an ancient Greek choral ode or of one division of it STROPHE

5 The second section of an ancient Greek choral ode or of one division of it ANTISTROPHE

6 the third part of a triadic Greek ode following the strophe and the antistrophe EPODE

7 a hymn of praise (especially one sung in ancient Greece to invoke or thank a deity) PEAN

8 The last piece of a Greek tragedy, an episode occurring after the last choral ode and ended by the ceremonial exit of all the actors. EXODOS

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