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Χορείαν · choral dance (χ 398) · Suda

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Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

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χ394of a chous
χ395mince; make sausages
χ396gut
χ397pupil
χ398choral dance
χ399expenditure; supplies
χ400chorus-leader
χ401I lead a chorus, I pay for a chorus, I minister to
χ402choriamb

Suda/Χ chi/χ398

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Χορείαν

choral dance

Translated by Ioannis Doukas28 Dec 2007Vetting: high9 revisions

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6 notes · 46 words

Translation

The ancients [sc. called thus] the dance accompanied with singing.¹
Homer² knew two dances, the one of the tumblers³ and the other with a playing-ball.⁴ Aristonicus of Carystus, King Alexander's fellow ball-player, used to practice the ball-version.⁵
Also [sc. attested is the term] xorei=on,⁶ [meaning] dancing.⁷

Greek original · Adler’s text

Χορείαν· οἱ παλαιοὶ τὴν μετὰ ᾠδῆς ὄρχησιν. δύο δὲ ὀρχήσεις οἶδεν Ὅμηρος, τὴν τῶν κυβιστητήρων καὶ τὴν διὰ τῆς σφαίρας. τὴν δὲ σφαιριστικὴν ἔπαιζεν Ἀριστόνικος ὁ Καρύστιος, ὁ Ἀλεξάνδρου τοῦ βασιλέως συσφαιριστής. καὶ Χορεῖον, ἡ χόρευσις.

Betacode

*xorei/an: oi( palaioi\ th\n meta\ w)|dh=s o)/rxhsin. du/o de\ o)rxh/seis oi)=den *(/omhros, th\n tw=n kubisthth/rwn kai\ th\n dia\ th=s sfai/ras. th\n de\ sfairistikh\n e)/paizen *)aristo/nikos o( *karu/stios, o( *)aleca/ndrou tou= basile/ws susfairisth/s. kai\ *xorei=on, h( xo/reusis.

Notes (6)

[1] The headword (a single word in the Greek) is in the accusative case, evidently quoted from somewhere; there are numerous possibilities.
2What follows is also in Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 1.14D [1.25 Kaibel]; cf. omicron 670. ↩
3Homer, Iliad 18.605, Odyssey 4.18 (web address 1 and web address 2). ↩
4Homer, Odyssey 6.100 ff., 8.372 ff. (web address 3 and web address 4) ↩
5cf. omicron 670 and sigma 1719; also mentioned in Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 1.19A [1.34 Kaibel] (honorary citizenship of Athens, with statue), and Eustathius, Commentary on Homer's Odyssey 8.376 (there as Alexander the ball-player). ↩
6Also glossed in ps.-Zonaras as the location of dancing and in Hesychius as a place where dancing is taught, an altar, or a piece of music. ↩
7Also in ps.-Zonaras s.v. xorei/a.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
Web address 3 perseus.tufts.edu
Web address 4 perseus.tufts.edu

Neighbouring entries

χ396Χορδήgut χ397Χορευτήςpupil χ398Χορείανchoral dance χ399Χορηγίαexpenditure; supplies χ400Χορηγόςchorus-leader

Revision history9 revisions · last 1 Jun 2016

1 Jun 2016coding — David Whitehead
15 Jan 2015typo — Catharine Roth
14 Jan 2015expanded 2 refs — David Whitehead
22 Oct 2014coding — Catharine Roth
12 Nov 2013another note — David Whitehead
5 Oct 2013tweaked notes — Catharine Roth
30 Dec 2007augmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
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28 Dec 2007Translated — Ioannis Doukas

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Χορείαν (Adler number chi 398), trans. Ioannis Doukas, 28 Dec 2007. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/chi/398

Translation by Ioannis Doukas for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, Catharine Roth, , licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗