Chorea (dance)
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- For the disease see Chorea (disease).
Chorea (choreia, khoreia, χορεία) is a circle dance (χορεύω σε κύκλο) accompanied by singing (see chorus, khoros), known in ancient Greece. Homer refers to this dance (χορεία) in his epic poem, the Iliad.
Cognates of the name used to describe circle dances exist in a number of other countries: Khorovod (Russia), Hora (Romania, Moldova), Hora (Xopa, Khora) in Ukraine, also Khorovod , Horo (Bulgaria).
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Claude Calame, Choruses of Young Women in Ancient Greece. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.; New and Revised Edition edition (June 13, 2001)
