- Source: Choreia
Choreia (Ancient Greek: χορεία, romanized: choreía) is a circle dance accompanied by singing (see Greek chorus, choros), in ancient Greece. Homer refers to this dance in his epic poem, the Iliad.
Terms descended from Greek choreia that are used for circle dances in a number of other countries are:
horon, in Turkey
khorovod (хоровод), in Russia
khora (хора), in Ukraine
hora, in Romania and Moldova
horo (хоро), in Bulgaria
oro (оро), in North Macedonia and Montenegro
kolo (коло), in Bosnia, Croatia and Serbia
kola (кола), in Belarus
See also
Rasa lila
Greek dance
Tanabata
References
Calame, Claude. 2001. Choruses of Young Women in Ancient Greece: Their Morphology, Religious Role, and Social Functions. Trans. Derek Collins and Janice Orion. Rev. ed. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 0-7425-1525-7.
Ley, Graham. 2007. The Theatricality of Greek Tragedy: Playing Space and Chorus. Chicago and London: U of Chicago P. ISBN 0-226-47757-6.
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- Choreia
- Chorea
- Khorovod
- Greek chorus
- Chorea gravidarum
- Chorea (disambiguation)
- Choreography
- Greek dances
- List of dances
- Pyrrhichios
