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|Definition=ὁ (also ἡ), Dor. χορᾱγός <span class="bibl">Alcm.23.44</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span>1315</span> (lyr.): (χορός, ἡγέομαι):—<span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[chorus-leader]], like the later κορυφαῖος, θεοὺς συγχορευτάς τε καὶ χορηγοὺς ἡμῖν δεδωκέναι τόν τε Ἀπόλλωνα καὶ τὰς Μούσας <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>665a</span>: generally, [[leader of a train]] or [[band]], <b class="b3">πῦρ πνεόντων χ. ἄστρων</b>, of Dionysus, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>1147</span> (lyr.); χ. δελφίνων <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span> 1454</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> at Athens and elsewhere, [[one who defrays the costs for producing a chorus]], χορηγῶν ἀποδεικνυμένων ἑκατέρῃ τῶν δαιμόνων δέκα ἀνδρῶν <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.83</span>; χορηγὸν καταστῆσαί τινα <span class="title">IG</span>22.141.34; χ. κατεστάθην εἰς Θαργήλια <span class="bibl">Antipho 6.11</span>; καταστὰς χ. τραγῳδοῖς <span class="bibl">Lys.21.1</span>, cf. 3; supplied by the [[φυλαί]] in turn, <span class="bibl">D.20.130</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Aeschin. 1.11</span>; χ. αἱρεθείς, ἱμάτια χρυσᾶ παρασχὼν τῷ χορῷ, ῥάκος φορεῖ <span class="bibl">Antiph. 204.5</span> (troch.); used of a woman, <span class="title">Milet.</span>1(7). No.265: generally, of liturgies other than the trierarchy, εἰσποιεῖ χορηγοὺς εἰς ἐκείνας τὰς λῃτουργίας <span class="bibl">D.20.19</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> metaph., [[one who defrays the costs]] for any purpose, χ. ἔχοντες Φίλιππον <span class="bibl">Id.9.60</span>; Φιλίππῳ χ. χρώμενος <span class="bibl">Id.19.216</span>; χ. τὸν πατέρα ἔχειν εἴς τι <span class="bibl">Id.40.51</span>; λήψεται χ. τῇ ἑαυτοῦ βδελυρίᾳ <span class="bibl">Aeschin.1.54</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">2.79</span>; οἱονεὶ χ. καὶ μισθοδότης <span class="bibl">Plb.2.44.3</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">8.7.2</span>; τῆς φύσεως αὐτῶν ὁ θεὸς χ. <span class="bibl">Iamb.Bab.p.51</span> Hinck. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> Astrol., of planets, [[patron]] of a profession or trade, Paul.Al.<span class="title">P.</span>2. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> Medic., [[supply-veins]], <span class="bibl">Orib.45.18.23</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> a dressing, <span class="bibl">Id.46.19.6</span>.</span>