Meaning of stasimon | Babel Free

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A song of the chorus during a tragedy, continued without the interruption of dialogue or anapaestics.

Ancient-Greek

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“the lively measures of the Hyporcheme which holds the place⟳ of THIRD STASIMON ( V ) speak⟳ for themselves”

“1950, Amy Marjorie Dale, Stasimon and Hyporcheme, Eranos, XLVIII, pages 14-20, reprinted in 1969, Collected Papers of A. M. Dale, Volume 2, page 34, In the Parados the chorus is 'coming on', and has to move⟳ on to and across the orchestra to take⟳ its place⟳ in the middle; in all the stasima, however active and lively the dance⟳, its evolutions are performed from that middle position (a choro tenente stationes suas, as Hermann said in 1844), and do no involve⟳ processional movement.”

“It is interesting to consider⟳ the treatment of the stasima in relation to their context. Especially remarkable is the way in which the first stasimon (224 ff.), a hymn to Apollo praying for the success of Dolon's enterprise, is largely composed of sentiments repeated, with many verbal echoes, from the preceding dialogue[…].”

“The first stasimon sings of the wonders of man, which culminates in man's city-building and his ethical community.[…]Episodes can be interpreted in the light⟳ of the choral stasima.”

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