cyclic chorus

noun

The chorus that performed the songs and dances of the dithyrambic odes at Athens, dancing round the altar of Bacchus in a circle.

Meanings

nouncyclic chorus (plural cyclic choruses)

plural cyclic choruses

  1. historicalThe chorus that performed the songs and dances of the dithyrambic odes at Athens, dancing round the altar of Bacchus in a circle.
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