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Greek chorus   /grik kˈɔrəs/   Listen
Greek chorus

noun
1.
A company of actors who comment (by speaking or singing in unison) on the action in a classical Greek play.  Synonym: chorus.






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"Greek chorus" Quotes from Famous Books



... its feudal kingdoms, comes to us as essentially solo music—melody; and the civilization of Greece, being a civilization of heroes, individuals, comes to us in its noble array with its solo arts, its striding heroes everywhere in front of all, and with nothing nearer to the people in it than the Greek Chorus, which, out of limbo, pale and featureless across all ages, sounds to us as the first far faint coming of the crowd to the arts of this groping world. Modern art, inheriting each of these and each of all things, is revealed ...
— Crowds - A Moving-Picture of Democracy • Gerald Stanley Lee



Words linked to "Greek chorus" :   company, vocalizing, troupe, singing



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