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Stasimon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Stasimon in Greek tragedy is a stationary song, comprised of strophes and antistrophes and performed by the chorus on the orchestra. Each episode is followed by a stasimon. The whole entrance a...
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Stasimon - Meaning and definition ... Look up: Stasimon ... Stasimon; (plural staisima) in ancient Greek an adjective meaning 'standing,' 'stationary'; in drama, the stasimon was used for odes after the parodos and before the exodus; the songs are not in a marching rhythm, as the parodos is, but are in a standing rhythm;
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Stasimon \Stas ... Stasimon \Stas"i*mon\, n.; pl. Stasmia. [NL., from Gr. sta`simon, neut. of sta`simos stationary, steadfast.] In the Greek tragedy, a song of the chorus, continued without the interruption of dialogue or anap[ae]stics.
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Definition of Stasimon in the Online Dictionary. Meaning of Stasimon. Pronunciation of Stasimon. Translations of Stasimon. Stasimon synonyms, Stasimon antonyms. Information about Stasimon in the free online English dictionary and encyclopedia. ... In the Greek tragedy, a song of the ... Stasi Commission; Stasia Czernicki;
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Definition of stasimon in the Online Dictionary. Multiple meanings, detailed information and synonyms for stasimon. ... of sta`simos stationary, steadfast.] In the Greek tragedy, a song of the chorus, continued without the interruption of dialogue or anapaestics. --Liddell & Scott. [1913 Webster]
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Objective for this Page: To summarize stasimon 4, to comment upon the chorus’s blindness, and to analyze the chorus's effect on the reader. ... The chorus invokes others who have suffered a fate similar to Antigone's. Danae was locked in a cell by her father because of a prophecy that her son would kill him (sort of...
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Objective for this Page: To summarize and comment upon the chorus’s and Antigone’s reaction to her fate. ... This choral passage is basically a dialogue, even a debate, between the elders of Thebes and Antigone, whom Creon is condemning to death. ... The chorus laments that Love, personified by the goddess Aphrodite,
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