2. Noun. The leader of a group (especially of performers) ¹
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Definition of Choregus
1. choragus [n -GI or -GUSES] - See also: choragus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Choregus
Literary usage of Choregus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Classical Philology by University of Chicago press, JSTOR (Organization) (1907)
"Unfortunately our evidence on the responsibility of the choregus in matters of
... It is certain, however, that the choregus had to provide and maintain the ..."
2. The Attic Theatre: A Description of the Stage and Theatre of the Athenians by Arthur Elam Haigh (1889)
"If each of the ten tribes had supplied a choregus for the dramatic choruses,
there would have been more of them than was necessary, since the number of ..."
3. Sycophancy in Athens by John Oscar Lofberg (1917)
"choregus and let by-gones be by-gones. At the requests of friends he accepted
their offers of reconciliation. For nearly five months these apparently ..."
4. A Concise Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities by William Smith, Francis Warre Cornish (1898)
"Each choregus ment», and an account of their use, see Diet, provided the chorus
for a whole tetralogy. At:tii]. vol. i. pp. ..."
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