Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Chorus

Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary, and Greek Lexicon (Rich, 1849)

CHORUS (χορός). A band or company of persons engaged in dancing and singing, more especially when their songs and dances were performed in honour, or as part of the worship, of some divinity. Cic. Phil. v. 6. Virg. Aen. viii. 718. Suet. Cal. 37. Hor. Od. i. 1. 31.

2. The chorus of singers in a dramatic entertainment on the Greek stage. The performers in it were entirely distinct from the actors, though they sometimes performed the part of interlocutors. The Roman drama had no chorus. Hor. A. P. 193. 204. 283. Aul. Gell. xix. 10.

3. A choral or round dance. (Mart. Ep. iv. 44. Compare Tibull. ii. 8. 88.) Same as CHOREA; where see the illustration.