The Stage in the Attic Theatre of the 5th Century Bc
The Stage in the Attic Theatre of the 5th Century Bc
John Augustine Sanford
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, p. 2 Dindf. 10 Meid. , 10. THE EXTERNAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CHORUS 59 crown and a mantle that had been made especially to wear on that occasion. At the Proagon, appeared together with the poets and actors also the choregi. All of these persons wore crowns, but did not wear masks or stage-dresses. At the ban- quet given by the successful poet, there were present many of his friends, and it is entirely likely that the choregus was included among the guests, though there is no definite inform...- ation to that effect. The persons of the participants at the Dionysiac festivals were regarded as sacred. Poets, actors, chorus, choregi were all considered as servants of the god Dionysus, and an offense against any one of these was an offense against the god himself. Demosthenes who, as chore- gus, was struck by Meidias, considered that not only he but the whole city of Athens had been insulted. The greatest statesmen were proud of winning victories as choregi, yet it seems that at times the choregus was too economical, or neglected his duties, and in such cases, it was the part of the archon to urge him to the proper fulfillment of his task.
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