Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
commos .
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- noun A set of
lines that alternate between an actor (or actors) and thechorus .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek κομμός ("beating"). It is used in Ancient Greek theatre.
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Examples
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The defeated Xerxes arrives at the court and the play concludes with an extended kommos, or lament, from the king and chorus.
The National Theatre of Wales does battle with Aeschylus's The Persians 2010
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Rowling quotes Robert Fagle's translation of the end of the kommos, sung by the chorus.
ry commented on the word kommos
"Aristotle in his Poetics defined the kommos as an antiphonal song of lament between an actor and the female chorus, which was one of the most visually compelling exhibitions of physical and psychological pain."
December 23, 2012