stasimon

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  1. In anc. Gr. lit., any song of the chorus in a drama after the parodos. The parabasis of a comedy is not, however, called a stasimon. Some authorities limit the use of the term to tragedy. The name is derived not, as stated by scholiasts, from the chorus's standing still during a stasimon (which cannot have been the case), but from the fact that it was sung after they had taken their station in the orchestra.

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  1. from Greek στάσ, σ1ιμον (see def.), from στάσ, σ1ις, a standing, station.
 

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