χορεία

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   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 IG12(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.).