χορός, ὁ,
dance, αἰεὶ δ᾽ ἡμῖν δαίς τε φίλη κίθαρίς τε χοροί τε [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.248; μετὰ μελπομένῃσιν ἐν χορῷ Ἀρτέμιδος 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.183; τοὶ δ᾽ ἄνδρες ἐν ἀγλαΐῃς τε χοροῖς τε τέρψιν ἔχον 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 272, compare 277; εἰς χ. ἐλθέμεν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.508, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.194; οὐδέ κε φαίης ἀνδρὶ μαχεσσάμενον τόν γ᾽ ἐλθεῖν, ἀλλὰ χορόνδε ἔρχεσθ᾽ ἠὲ χοροῖο νέον λήγοντα καθίζειν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.393, 394; χορῷ καλὴ Πολυμήλη 16.180 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: later of the dance as a public religious ceremony, Διόνυσον τιμώσας χοροῖς [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 220; φυλῆς Ἀκαμαντίδος ἐν χοροῖσιν 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 148, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.48, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 9.1 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; χοροὺς ἀνῆγον αἱ πόλεις (i.e. εἰς τὴν Δῆλον) [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.104 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πεν- ἀνδρῶν χ. [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 147, cf. Scholia 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.10 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; κύκλιος χ. (see. κύκλιος); θυσίῃσί σφεα (i.e. Δαμίην καὶ Αὐξησίην) καὶ χοροῖσι γυναικηΐοισι κερτόμοισι ἱλάσκοντο [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.83; ἵστασαν χοροὺς παρθένων τε καὶ ἠϊθέων [prev. author] 3.48; παιδικὸς χ. 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 7.40, etc.; χ. ἀνδρικός 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.4.16, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 665b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τραγικοὶ χοροί, at Sicyon, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.67 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: hence of the chorus in the Attic drama, οἱ χ. τῶν τραγῳδῶν [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 787, compare “Pax” 807 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; χ. τραγικός, κωμικός, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1276b4 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; also χ. τρυγικός, τρυγῳδικός, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 628 (_anapaest meter_), 886 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; arranged in six rows, [[ 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 173 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὃς οὐκ ἔδωκ᾽ αἰτοῦντι Σοφοκλέει χορόν (of the archon to whom the poet applied) [[ [prev. author] 15; χ. αἰτεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 513 (_anapaest meter_); διδόναι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 383c, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; χορὸν λαβεῖν, ἔχειν, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 94, “Pax” 803, 807 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; χ. συλλέξαι, χοροὺς ἀθροίζειν (i.e. from the tribe), [[ 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 6.11, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Hiero” 9.4; [χοροὺς] διδάσκειν [prev. passage]; χορὸν εἰσάγειν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 11: general phrases, χοροὺς ἱστάναι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.48 (see. above), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 280; ἔστασεν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 9.114; ἱερὸν χ. ἵστατε Νύμφαις 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 271 (_anapaest meter_), compare “Av.” 220 (_anapaest meter_); ἅψαι 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 307 (_anapaest meter_); χορῶν κατάστασις [prev. author] “Ag.” 23, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 958; τοῖς χ. νικᾶν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.4.3; χοροῦ προεστάναι [prev. passage]; χορῷ χορηγεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 482b, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]