Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In the anc. Gr. theater, one of two passages at the two extremities of the stage, separating the stage-buildings from the cavea or auditorium, through which the chorus regularly entered the orchestra, and which served also as entrances for the public.
  • noun In the anc.Gr.drama: The entrance of the chorus into the orchestra.
  • noun The song of the chorus. with an accompaniment of dancing or rhythmical movement, on entering the orchestra.
  • noun An external gallery or gangway, running from stem to stern on each side of an ancient Greek war-ship, outside the bulwarks, and supported on brackets over the water.

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Examples

  • October 20, 2007 -- Just a few weeks ago, the GAO joined the tragic chorus singing a parodos of unpreparedness.

    The End of Analog Television Redux - Shelly Palmer Report 2009

  • Just a few weeks ago, the GAO joined the tragic chorus singing a parodos of unpreparedness.

    The End of Analog Television Redux: Shelly Palmer Report 2007

  • This is an adaptation of part of the parodos for Euripides' Bacchae.

    Archive 2005-06-01 2005

  • This is an adaptation of part of the parodos for Euripides' Bacchae.

    Poem Draft 2005

  • Now for Priam, a chariot entry through the parodos, which always goes well.

    The Mask of Apollo Renault, Mary, 1905-1983 1966

  • Now Phigeleia was gone; I heard Athenian flutes receding, the singers dying away beyond the parodos, the stillness left in the heart.

    The Mask of Apollo Renault, Mary, 1905-1983 1966

  • Outside the parodos the cart was waiting, drawn by four oxen, with the gilded spoils of Troy.

    The Mask of Apollo Renault, Mary, 1905-1983 1966

  • We were still working without masks, so I could see with the tail of my eye; as I did my last exit, someone in front jumped up and made for the parodos.

    The Mask of Apollo Renault, Mary, 1905-1983 1966

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