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CORYPHAEUS (from Gr. Kopvil, the top of the head)

This article appears in Volume V07, Page 212 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: COR-CRE
CORYPHAEUS (from Gr. Kopvil, the top of the head) , in Attic drama, the
leader
  of the chorus. Hence the
term
  (some-times in an Anglicized form " coryphe ") is used for the
chief
  or
leader
  of any
company
  or
movement
 . In 1856 in the university of
Oxford
  there was founded the
office
  of
Coryphaeus
  or Praecentor, whose duty it was to lead the musical performances directed by the
Choragus
  (q.v.). The
office
  ceased to exist in 1899.


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