Orchestra (art)
Dionysostheater in Athens with orchestra and Dionysus altar
The orchestra (pronunciation [ ɔrˈçɛstra ]) ( Greek for dance floor ) was originally an area around the altar of the Greek god Dionysus for ritual dances and chants. In classical Greek theater , the orchestra then became the defining architectural element of the arena stage and the playing area for the choir and actors . Since the 4th century BC It lost its central function. It seems to have offered space for other activities even earlier.
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- ↑ In Plato's Apologie des Sokrates (26d), Socrates defends himself against the accusation that he is spreading certain new godless teachings, with the reference that he would have made a fool of himself if he would have presented as his own new knowledge, “what a drachma is at most occasionally in the orchestra can buy ”.
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Wiktionary: Orchestra - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
