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χορός , ,
A.dance,αἰεὶ δ᾽ ἡμῖν δαίς τε φίλη κίθαρίς τε χοροί τεOd.8.248; “μετὰ μελπομένῃσιν ἐν χορῷ ἈρτέμιδοςIl.16.183; “τοὶ δ᾽ ἄνδρες ἐν ἀγλαΐῃς τε χοροῖς τε τέρψιν ἔχονHes.Sc.272, cf. 277; “εἰς χ. ἐλθέμενIl.15.508, cf. Od.18.194; “οὐδέ κε φαίης ἀνδρὶ μαχεσσάμενον τόν γ᾽ ἐλθεῖν, ἀλλὰ χορόνδε ἔρχεσθ᾽ ἠὲ χοροῖο νέον λήγοντα καθίζεινIl.3.393, 394; “χορῷ καλὴ Πολυμήλη16.180: later of the dance as a public religious ceremony, “Διόνυσον τιμώσας χοροῖςE.Ba. 220; “φυλῆς Ἀκαμαντίδος ἐν χοροῖσινSimon.148, cf. Hdt.2.48, Isoc.9.1; χοροὺς ἀνῆγον αἱ πόλεις (sc. εἰς τὴν Δῆλον) Th.3.104; πεν-ἀνδρῶν χ.Simon.147, cf. Sch.Aeschin.1.10; κύκλιος χ. (v. κύκλιος; θυσίῃσί σφεα (sc. Δαμίην καὶ Αὐξησίην)“ καὶ χοροῖσι γυναικηΐοισι κερτόμοισι ἱλάσκοντοHdt.5.83; “ἵστασαν χοροὺς παρθένων τε καὶ ἠϊθέωνId.3.48; “παιδικὸς χ.Is.7.40, etc.; “χ. ἀνδρικόςX.HG6.4.16, cf. Pl.Lg.665b; τραγικοὶ χοροί, at Sicyon, Hdt.5.67: hence of the chorus in the Attic drama, “οἱ χ. τῶν τραγῳδῶνAr.Av.787, cf. Pax 807 (lyr.); χ. τραγικός, κωμικός, Arist.Pol.1276b4; also χ. τρυγικός, τρυγῳδικός, Ar.Ach.628 (anap.), 886; arranged in six rows, Cratin. 173; ὃς οὐκ ἔδωκ᾽ αἰτοῦντι Σοφοκλέει χορόν (of the archon to whom the poet applied) Id.15; “χ. αἰτεῖνAr.Eq.513 (anap.); “διδόναιPl.R.383c, etc.; χορὸν λαβεῖν, ἔχειν, Ar.Ra.94, Pax 803, 807 (lyr.); χ. συλλέξαι, χοροὺς ἀθροίζειν (i.e. from the tribe), Antipho 6.11, X.Hier.9.4; [χοροὺς] διδάσκειν ibid.; “χορὸν εἰσάγεινAr.Ach.11: general phrases, “χοροὺς ἱστάναιHdt.3.48 (v. supr.), S.El.280; “ἔστασενPi.P.9.114; “ἱερὸν χ. ἵστατε ΝύμφαιςAr.Nu.271 (anap.), cf. Av.220 (anap.); “ἅψαιA.Eu.307 (anap.); “χορῶν κατάστασιςId.Ag.23, cf. Ar.Th.958; “τοῖς χ. νικᾶνX.Mem.3.4.3; χοροῦ προεστάναι ibid.; “χορῷ χορηγεῖνPl.Grg. 482b, etc.
II. choir, band of dancers and singers, h. Ven.118, Pi.N.5.23, Fr.199; “συμφωνία καὶ χοροίEv.Luc.15.25.
2. generally, choir, troop,ἰχθύωνS.Fr.762; “μελιττῶνAel.NA5.13; “χ. καλλίμορφος τέκνωνE.HF925, cf. Pl.Prt.315b, Tht.173b, etc.; of things, “ἄστρων αἰθέριοι χ.E.El.467 (lyr.), cf. Mesom.Sol.17; χ. σκευῶν row of dishes, X.Oec.8.20; χ. δονάκων row of reeds, i. e. Pan's pipe, Coluth.124; χ. ὀδόντων a row of teeth, Gal.UP11.8 (hence οἱ πρόσθιοι χοροί, for the front teeth, Ar.Ra.548); τὴν σοφίαν ποῦ χοροῦ τάξομεν; in what class shall we place it? Pl.Euthd.279c, cf. Chor.12.28 p.160 F.-R.
III. place for dancing,ἐν δὲ χ. ποίκιλλε . . ἈμφιγυήειςIl. 18.590; “λείηναν δὲ χ.Od.8.260, cf. 264; “ὅθι τ᾽ Ἠοῦς ἠριγενείης οἰκία καὶ χοροί εἰσι12.4; Νυμφέων καλοὶ χ. ἠδὲ θόωκοι ib.318; at Sparta the ἀγορά was called χορός, Paus.3.11.9; so perh. in Crete, Supp.Epigr.2.509.6 (Eltynia, prob. v B. C.): v. infr. (Acc. to Hsch. χορός = κύκλος, στέφανος, and therefore prop. denotes a ring-dance.
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