<P> A Greek chorus, or simply chorus (Greek: χορός, khoros) in the context of Ancient Greek tragedy, comedy, satyr plays, and modern works inspired by them, is a homogeneous, non-individualised group of performers, who comment with a collective voice on the dramatic action . The chorus consisted of between 12 and 50 players, who variously danced, sang or spoke their lines in unison and sometimes wore masks . </P> <P> Historian H.D.F. Kitto argues that the word "chorus" gives us hints about its function in the plays of ancient Greece: "The Greek verb choreuo,' I am a member of the chorus', has the sense' I am dancing' . The word ode means not something recited or declaimed, but' a song' . The' orchestra', in which a chorus had its being, is literally a' dancing floor' ." From this, it can be inferred that the chorus danced and sang poetry . </P>

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