Strong G5525χορός

χορός, ὁ,
dance, αἰεὶ δ᾽ ἡμῖν δαίς τε φίλη κίθαρίς τε χοροί τε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (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)]: later of the dance as a public religious ceremony, Διόνυσον τιμώσας χοροῖς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (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)]; χοροὺς ἀνῆγον αἱ πόλεις (i.e. εἰς τὴν Δῆλον) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.104)]; πεν- ἀνδρῶν χ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 147, cf. Scholia 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.10)]; κύκλιος χ. (see. κύκλιος); θυσίῃσί σφεα (i.e. Δαμίην καὶ Αὐξησίην) καὶ χοροῖσι γυναικηΐοισι κερτόμοισι ἱλάσκοντο [Refs 5th c.BC+ (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)]; τραγικοὶ χοροί, at Sicyon, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.67)]: hence of the chorus in the Attic drama, οἱ χ. τῶν τραγῳδῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 787, compare “Pax” 807 (Lyric poetry))]; χ. τραγικός, κωμικός, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1276b4)]; also χ. τρυγικός, τρυγῳδικός, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 628 (_anapaest meter_), 886)]; arranged in six rows, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 173)]; ὃς οὐκ ἔδωκ᾽ αἰτοῦντι Σοφοκλέει χορόν (of the archon to whom the poet applied) [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([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.)]; χορὸν λαβεῖν, ἔχειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 94, “Pax” 803, 807 (Lyric poetry))]; χ. συλλέξαι, χοροὺς ἀθροίζειν (i.e. from the tribe), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (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.)]
II choir, band of dancers and singers, h. Ven.[NT+5th c.BC+ (118, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 5.23, “fragment” 199; συμφωνία καὶ χοροί NT.Luke.15.25.)]
II.2 generally, choir, troop, ἰχθύων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 762; μελιττῶν 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 5.13; χ. καλλίμορφος τέκνων 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 925, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 315b, “Tht.” 173b, etc.)]; of things, ἄστρων αἰθέριοι χ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 467 (Lyric poetry), compare 2nd c.AD: Mesomedes Lyricus “Hymnus in Solem” 17)]; χ. σκευῶν row of dishes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 8.20)]; χ. δονάκων row of reeds, i. e. Pan's pipe, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th-6th c.AD: Coluthus Epicus 124)]; χ. ὀδόντων a row of teeth, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “de Usu Partium” 11.8 (hence οἱ πρόσθιοι χοροί,)] for the front teeth, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 548))]; τὴν σοφίαν ποῦ χοροῦ τάξομε; in what class shall we place it? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 279c, compare 6th c.AD: Choricius Rhetor 12.28 p.160 F.-R.)]
III place for dancing, ἐν δὲ χ. ποίκιλλε.. Ἀμφιγυήεις [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.590; λείηναν δὲ χ. 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.260, compare 264; ὅθι τ᾽ Ἠοῦς ἠριγενείης οἰκία καὶ χοροί εἰσι 12.4; Νυμφέων καλοὶ χ. ἠδὲ θόωκοι [prev. work] 318)]; at Sparta the ἀγορά was called χορός, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 3.11.9; so perhaps in Crete, “Supp.epigram” 2.509.6 (Eltynia, probably 5th c.BC))]: see below (Acc. to [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus χορός)] ={κύκλος},{στέφανος}, and therefore properly denotes a ring-dance.)