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ὀρχήστ-ρα

orchestra · ἡ

orchestra, space on which the chorus danced, part of the ἀγορά

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Where it lives

On the Peace 1 · 1.26/10k
Apology 1 · 1.14/10k

What it meant

ὀρχήστ-ρα · orchēst-ra — LSJ

orchestra, space on which the chorus danced

orchestra, i.e. in the theatre the space on which the chorus danced, Arist. Pr. 901b30, SIG 577.31 (Milet., iii/ii B. C.), etc.: metaph., ὀ. πολέμου Plu. Apophth.reg. 2.193e.

2 part of the ἀγορά

part of the ἀγορά at Athens, Pl. Ap. 26e, cf. Tim. Lex., Phot.

In the wild

ὀρχήστραν · orchēstran Isocrates, On the Peace 82 (DIORISIS sentence 161)
ὀρχήστρας · orchēstras Plato, Apology 26

Where it came from

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