Parados
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A parados is a song sung by a Greek chorus as it first enters the theater. This is used mainly in presenting the information already given.
It is named for the corridors at the front of the stage of a Greek theater from which the chorus entered. Paradoi is its plural form.
It later came to refer to a bank of earth built behind a trench or military emplacement to protect soldiers from a surprise attack from the rear.
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