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Comma for either/or — dharma, courage. Spelling forgiving — corage finds courage.

    The Atlas·Groups

    Chorus

    group · 16 works · 25 mentions · 109 anchored passages

    Chorus Leader · friends · Asian Bacchae · Phoenician women · attendant maids · chorus · fellow-citizens · foreign ladies · girls · good sailors

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    1 expression

    The Chorus1 mention

    On the Choreutes (Greek)

    Next, I recruited the best chorus that I could, without indicting a single fine, without extorting a single pledge, and without making a single enemy.
    on the choreutes

    in the texts

    HelenClassical · Greek

    A group of Greek women, companions of Helen, who form the tragedy's chorus, lamenting with her and offering counsel.

    Helen:
    helen
    Helen:
    helen
    Helen:
    helen

    IonClassical · Greek

    The chorus of Creusa's Athenian handmaidens, who react to the unfolding revelations, urge and pray for the success of the murder plot, sing odes on Ion's usurpation, and later lament Creusa's peril.

    Chorus:
    ion
    Chorus:
    ion
    Chorus:
    ion

    ElectraClassical · Greek

    The chorus of Argive countrywomen who accompany Electra, offer counsel, sing mythic odes, and react to the offstage killing.

    Chorus:
    electra
    Chorus:
    electra
    Chorus:
    electra

    Iphigenia in AulisClassical · Greek

    The chorus of women (and its leader) who comment on and participate in the unfolding tragedy throughout the window.

    Chorus:
    iphigenia in aulis
    Chorus:
    iphigenia in aulis
    Chorus:
    iphigenia in aulis

    PhoenissaeClassical · Greek

    The Chorus of Phoenician women who sing odes on the Sphinx, the coming duel, and the deaths, and whose leader converses directly with Creon and Jocasta throughout the window.

    Chorus:
    phoenissae
    Chorus:
    phoenissae
    Chorus:
    phoenissae

    ElectraClassical · Greek

    A group of sympathetic Mycenaean women who counsel Electra, comment on justice, and mediate parts of the action.

    Chorus:
    ichneutae
    Chorus:
    electra
    Electra:
    electra

    PhiloctetesClassical · Greek

    The chorus is Neoptolemus' group of sailors, watching, advising, and singing about Philoctetes' misery.

    Chorus:
    ichneutae
    Chorus:
    philoctetes
    Chorus:
    philoctetes

    On the ChoreutesClassical · Greek

    The boys' chorus recruited and trained by the defendant for performance at the Thargelia festival, including the boy who died.

    Next, I recruited the best chorus that I could, without indicting a single fine, without extorting a single pledge, and without making a single enemy.
    on the choreutes
    The first, Ameinias, whom I thought a trustworthy man, belonged to the Erechtheid tribe and had been officially chosen by it to recruit and supervise its choruses at the various festivals;
    on the choreutes
    Being thus occupied myself, I arranged that the needs of the chorus should be attended to by Phanostratus, a member of the same deme as my accusers here and a relative of my own (he is my son-in-law);
    on the choreutes

    AlcestisClassical · Greek

    The collective body of Pheraean elders who comment on and interact with Admetus throughout the window.

    Chorus:
    alcestis
    Chorus:
    alcestis
    Chorus:
    alcestis

    BacchaeClassical · Greek

    The band of Asian devotees of Dionysus who comment on and celebrate the unfolding punishment of Pentheus throughout this window.

    Agave:
    bacchae
    Agave:
    bacchae
    Agave:
    bacchae

    HecubaClassical · Greek

    The captive Trojan women who sing of the fall of Troy, react to the offstage violence against Polymestor, and comment on the justice of Hecuba's revenge throughout the episode.

    Chorus:
    hecuba
    Chorus:
    hecuba
    Chorus:
    hecuba

    HeracleidaeClassical · Greek

    The collective choral voice of the play, commenting on the battle's outcome, Heracles's apotheosis, civic justice, and finally consenting to Eurystheus's execution.

    Chorus:
    heracleidae
    Chorus:
    heracleidae
    Chorus:
    heracleidae

    HippolytusClassical · Greek

    The collective body of Troezenian women (or citizens) who comment on and react to the unfolding tragedy throughout the window.

    Chorus:
    hippolytus
    Chorus:
    book 36
    Chorus:
    hippolytus

    OrestesClassical · Greek

    The chorus of the play, who deliver the closing invocation to Victory.

    Chorus:
    orestes

    Oedipus at ColonusClassical · Greek

    The Chorus is the collective voice that questions, consoles, restrains grief, and closes the drama with acceptance of what has been established.

    Chorus:
    oedipus at colonus
    Chorus:
    oedipus at colonus
    Chorus:
    oedipus at colonus

    EconomicsClassical · Greek

    Performers used to illustrate the beauty and pleasure produced by orderly arrangement.

    Thus, a chorus is a combination of human beings;
    chapter 8
    For each set looks like a troop of utensils, and the space between the sets is beautiful to see, when each set is kept clear of it, just as a troop of dancers about the altar is a beautiful spectacle in itself, and even the free space looks beautiful and unencumbered.
    chapter 8