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χορεία

choreia

dance

Appears 33 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

χορεία, ἡ, A. dance, esp. choral dance with music, E. Ph. 1265 (pl., nowhere else in Trag., exc. Chaerem. 14.3), Ar. Ra. 336 (lyr.); ῥυθμὸν χορείας ὕπαγε Id. Th. 956 (lyr.); εὔκυκλος χ.ib.968 (troch.); χ . . . ὄρχησίς τε καὶ ᾠδὴ τὸ σύνολόν ἐστιν Pl. Lg. 654b; ὅλη . . χ. ὅλη παίδευσις ἦν ἡμῖν ib.672e; μιμήματα τρόπων ἐστὶ τὰ περὶ τὰς χ. ib. 655d; θυσίαι τε καὶ χ. ib.772b; ἐπάρχεσθαι . . τοὺς χοροὺς χορείας τῷ Διονύσῳ dub. in IG 12(9).192.11 (Eretria). 2. of any circling motion, as of the stars, χ. καλλίστην χορεύοντα Pl. Epin. 982e, cf. Arist. Fr. 11 (pl.), Luc. Salt. 17; πλανήτων τε καὶ ἀπλανῶν χορείαις Ph. 1.16. II. dance-tune, ἄκουε τὰν ἐμὰν Δώριον χ. Pratin.Lyr.1.17, cf. Ar. Ra. 247 (lyr.).
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