... , day-lit Greek theatre, the chorus was a practical necessity. It made the transitions between scenes, giving actors the chance to enter and leave the playing area, and even announced what characters those actors portrayed. But the function of the chorus goes beyond this. The choral odes, accompanied by dancing and music, were part of the entertainment itself. The chorus both commented ... are his own and are often breaking with traditional concepts, but in general follow the morals and ethics of his time. In Greek tragedy the tragic situation, in which the characters find themselves, is...

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