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- Plural:
- parabases
- Related Topics:
- Old Comedy
- epirrhema
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parabasis, an important choral ode in Greek Old Comedy delivered by the chorus at an intermission in the action while facing and moving toward the audience. It was used to express the authorās views on political or religious topics of the day.
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