"the chorus, an anonymous and collective being whose role is to express, through its fears, hopes, and judgments, the feelings of the spectators who make up the civic community."
Jean-Pierre Vernant & Pierre Vidal-Naquet, Myth and Tragedy in Ancient Greece
"For even this is music for the wretched, to sing their troubles without chorus."
Euripides, Trojan Women
Nicole Loraux, The Mourning Voice: An Essay on Greek Tragedy
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