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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Plural of choragus.

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  • These last were especially remarkable, for the local kings of Cyprus acted as choragi, that is, supplied the chorus and paid all the expenses of putting the drama upon the stage, just as is done every year at Athens by the representatives of the tribes, and they exhibited wonderful emulation, desiring to outdo each other in the splendour of their shows.

    Plutarch's Lives Volume III. 46-120? Plutarch 1839

  • Or, to take another class of cases: adjudication has to be made between the choragi for the Dionysia, the Thargelia, the

    The Polity of the Athenians and the Lacedaemonians 2007

  • [432] A shaft shot at the _choragi_ by the poet, because they had failed to have new dresses made for the actors on this occasion.

    The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2 446? BC-385? BC Aristophanes

  • Or, to take another class of cases: adjudication has to be made between the choragi for the Dionysia, the Thargelia, the Panathenaea, year after year.

    Polity Athenians and Lacedaemonians 431 BC-350? BC Xenophon 1874

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