Kommos (theatre)
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Kommos (theatre)
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A kommos is a lyrical song of lamentation in an Athenian tragedy that the chorus and a dramatic character sing together. It is also found in comedies with certain peculiarities. A kommos occurs "when the tension of the play rises to a climax of grief or horror or joy". Examples include the final section of Aeschylus' The Persians in which Xerxes laments the defeat of his Persian army, the final appearance of Antigone in Sophocles' Antigone, the interaction between the chorus and Oedipus when he
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Lyrical song of lamentation in an Athenian tragedy
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