Talk:parados

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parados

The sense of a song sung oupon the entrance of a Greek chorus. There was a time when I owned a book that would have had this term (or not), but sadly I no longer own that book and can't recall whether this is the correct term. Even if it is the correct term, it may apply only to comedies and not tragedies (the dramatic jargon is very specialized). It isn't in the OED or in Webster's. Some Google book hits retrieve Greek drama books, but the limited quotations that come back do not provide the needed context. --EncycloPetey 05:54, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

A journal search turns up plenty of cites, like this one (about a tragedy):

"Here the two dramas diverge a little, for Milton at this point concludes his parados, or preliminary dialogue between the hero and the chorus, but Aeschylus adds a brief discussion of other matters for which the story of Samson can afford no parallel."

Wilmon Brewer, "Two Athenian Models for Samson Agonistes," PMLA, Vol. 42, No. 4., 1927. Dmcdevit 06:25, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

RFV passed, in that EncycloPetey wasn't particularly disputing the existence of the term, just confirming the definition in certain regards, and Dmcdevit has provided evidence that the definition is fine in those regards. —Ruakh_TALK 17:50, 26 May 2007 (UTC)