Choreia (Ancient Greek: χορεία, romanized: choreía) is a circle dance accompanied by singing (see Greek chorus, choros), in ancient Greece. Homer refers to this dance in his epic poem, the Iliad.
Terms descended from Greek choreia that are used for circle dances in a number of other countries are:
- horon, in Turkey
- khorovod (хоровод), in Russia
- khora (хора), in Ukraine
- hora, in Romania and Moldova
- horo (хоро), in Bulgaria
- oro (оро), in North Macedonia and Montenegro
- kolo (коло), in Bosnia, Croatia and Serbia
- kola [ru] (кола), in Belarus
See also
References
- Calame, Claude. 2001. Choruses of Young Women in Ancient Greece: Their Morphology, Religious Role, and Social Functions. Trans. Derek Collins and Janice Orion. Rev. ed. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 0-7425-1525-7.
- Ley, Graham. 2007. The Theatricality of Greek Tragedy: Playing Space and Chorus. Chicago and London: U of Chicago P. ISBN 0-226-47757-6.