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Χορικός · chorikos, choricus, chorus-leader (χ 403) · Suda

Letters

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

Near χ403

χ399expenditure; supplies
χ400chorus-leader
χ401I lead a chorus, I pay for a chorus, I minister to
χ402choriamb
χ403chorikos, choricus, chorus-leader
χ404sow
χ405afterbirth, placenta
χ406I dance in the chorus
χ407chorus-director

Suda/Χ chi/χ403

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Χορικός

chorikos, choricus, chorus-leader

Translated by Jennifer Benedict2 Apr 2008Vetting: high4 revisions

biography
comedy
definition
dialects, grammar, and etymology
meter and music
stagecraft
+1
- tragedy

30 words

Translation

[Meaning] he who leads out the chorus.
Such a one was Agathon, who used to create dramatic songs and act them out himself; therefore they are also called "choral" [songs].¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Χορικός· ὁ τοῦ χοροῦ ἐξάρχων. τοιοῦτος ἦν Ἀγάθων, ὃς ὑποκριτικὰ μέλη ἐποίει καὶ αὐτὸς ὑποκρίνεται· διὸ καὶ χορικὰ λέγει.

Betacode

*xoriko/s: o( tou= xorou= e)ca/rxwn. toiou=tos h)=n *)aga/qwn, o(\s u(pokritika\ me/lh e)poi/ei kai\ au)to\s u(pokri/netai: dio\ kai\ xorika\ le/gei.

Notes

[1] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Thesmophorizusae 101, where Agathon (alpha 124) appears. For le/gei, Adler reports that ms F (= Laurentianus 55.1) has le/getai; this should probably be preferred as it is also the reading in mu 1445.

Linked from2 entries

δ1547Δρύοχοιstocks[Meaning] pegs, the ones which are placed in a ship while it is being built. But by a misuse of language [it also denotes] the proems. Aristophanes [writes]: Agathon is beginning "to put in the stocks, the beginnings of…
χ407Χοροδέκτηςchorus-director[Meaning] the one who leads out the chorus first. "[...] so as if he had been given his stance from some chorus-director [...]."

Neighbouring entries

χ401ΧορηγῶI lead a chorus, I pay for a chorus, I minister to χ402Χορίαμβοςchoriamb χ403Χορικόςchorikos, choricus, chorus-leader χ404Χορίληsow χ405Χόριονafterbirth, placenta

Revision history4 revisions · last 12 Nov 2013

12 Nov 2013 — David Whitehead
2 Apr 2008another x-ref; another keyword; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
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2 Apr 2008Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Χορικός (Adler number chi 403), trans. Jennifer Benedict, 2 Apr 2008. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/chi/403

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