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noun - (ancient Greece) leader of a group or festival
One who undertook the expense of providing the chorus in ancient Greek drama.
The leader of a group or movement.
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Conductor of a festival |
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Mar 29 2010 The Telegraph - General Knowledge |
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(ancient Greece) leader of a group or festival leader of a chorus |
One who undertook the expense of providing the chorus in ancient Greek drama. |
The leader of a group or movement. |
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In the theatre of ancient Greece, the chorêgos (pl. chorêgoi; Greek: , Greek etymology: "chorus" + "to lead") was a wealthy Athenian citizen who assumed the public duty, or choregiai, of financing the preparation for the chorus and other aspects of dramatic production that were not paid for by the government of the polis or city-state. Modern Anglicized forms of the word include choragus and choregus, with the accepted plurals being the Latin forms choregi and choragi. In modern Greek the word is synonymous with the word "grantor".Choregoi were appointed by the archon and the tribes of Athenian citizens from among the Athenian citizens of great wealth. Service as a Choregos, though an honor, was a duty for wealthy citizens and was part of the liturgical system designed to improve the city-state's economic stability through the use of private wealth to fund public good. Choregoi paid for costumes, rehearsals, expenses of the chorus (including training, salaries, board and lodging), |