The Greek Chorus Explained (Part 1)

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Hi Folks, 

This week we’re tackling the one of the toughest barriers to understanding Greek tragedy: the role of the chorus. The chorus seems unusual if you have not studied Greek tragedy before and some of my students have even been tempted to skip these passages in the past. Don’t! They offer so much to our understanding of the story, our judgement of the characters and the pace of the action.

This video is a beginner’s guide to the chorus in Greek tragedy, who they are, how they interact with the main characters and what they offer to the performance overall. I’ll help you understand key concepts such as ode, epode, strophe and antistrophe so that you can navigate the chorus’ passages and understand them better.

Don’t forget to comment and let me know what you want to know about Greek tragedy. Please like, subscribe and share to keep the channel going.

Thanks,
Dr M x

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It is a lovely video to show to my Greek Theatre students to use as an academic reference! Thank you!

athanasiasam
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WOW thank you so much I was having such a hard time explaining it but you really made it clear! Thank you <3

SerenityOasis
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Love from India🇮🇳 i got an exam in upcoming month's and needed a brief explanation to it, due to health issues i couldn't join classes so your video helped me a lot❤️ thanks a lot Mam🙏

aryanpozung
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Thank you so much for this video! I'm doing an early modern play for my dissertation and it has a chorus in it which has really been baffling, so this helped a lot!

ringdonuts
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THAT ... was actually super cool! I'm sitting here trying to broadening my understanding of how to write music with some new dimensions and I'm googling and video surfing for words and "antistrophe" led me here! I've heard a little about Greek drama way back (!) in school but we didn't care about it then and nor did the teachers ... It was more like "Old dead Greek stuff ... good riddance!". This video was much more alive and inspiring! :D
Some sick stuff you can do with grouping voices and instruments together or put them in contrast or ... and ... or ... hmmm! THANK YOU!

HowlingUlf
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Thanks for this! I’m watching these videos to help with my drama exam coming up for Greek chorus. This video is great and really helps ☺️

Dina-jfxd
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Great, Dear Maria, the Chorus was moving and more than that, D A N C I N G ! Orchestra- the "round" thing- was where
the ΟΡΧΗΣΙΣ (DANCE) took place, as You just said. Renaissance Opera is a try for the Drama in a the New World.
A Greek friend, Nikephoros. (my humble opinion)

NikephorosAer
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Thank you so much for this video, Iam about to give a presentation on this topic ; helps me a lot .

yurboyadventure
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Could you do this video again, but have 3-15 of your friends sing/explain it to us?

sloshed-rat
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Thank you for this wonderful explanation!

gorainy
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My english teacher told us to watch this but i cant concentrate so im just sat giving my dog some food

Mntrddct
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You are really really amazing thank you so much you have been so helpful

مازنشوامره
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hey, thank you. I'm on a strange hunt to hear anything and everything I possibly can of 'real' chorus music from tragedies. Any pointers would be deeply appreciated. It's a bit of an obsession at this point.

MrAndymcginn
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so essentially, there are a commentary group who sing and dance as well as pseak, are they part of the story or only comment?

danielpleitez-martinez
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Did you read nietzsche's birth of tragedy?can you make videos explaining it more clearly in ancient context?

prashanthp
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Hello Ma'am i am a litrature Lecturer so need some help from you about Greek Tragedy. Especially the element of tragedy in stage play nad drama.

banshemphangnongneng
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Currenlty I am reading Lysistrata in a greek comedy course, there is a parados where the chorus comes in, what is a parados? I tried to search it but couldnt find anything.

danielpleitez-martinez
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Omg my English teacher is so shit I needed this

nuggetvonmattenhorn
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Great video but would you ever consider turning down the music in the background a bit? Its kind of distracting and makes it hard to focus on what you’re saying.

annisiadixon
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Hi, Video is really helpful. Just a suggestion, Please don't use background music. It creates interruption.
Thanks and Best Wishes!

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