Choragus
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Choragus is a noun meaning (historical, Ancient Greece) A chorus leader, especially one who provided at his own expense and under his own supervision one of the choruses for the musical contests at Athens.
Meaning
(historical, Ancient Greece) A chorus leader, especially one who provided at his own expense and under his own supervision one of the choruses for the musical contests at Athens.
Example Sentences
[…] no less a person than Themistocles had, as choragus, defrayed the special cost of the performance.
Word Forms
- choragi
- choregos
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include choregos, choregus, chorus, coryphaeus, corypheus, orchestra.
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