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Definition of Stasima
1. stasimon [n] - See also: stasimon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stasima
Literary usage of Stasima
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Euripides and the Spirit of His Dramas by Paul Decharme (1906)
"sometimes substituting for the customary stasima more lively passages that were
... Almost always, in Euripides, regular stasima occur between the acts, ..."
2. The Attic Theatre: A Description of the Stage and Theatre of the Athenians by Arthur Elam Haigh (1907)
"Not infrequently, in the middle of the dialogue, small odes were inserted which
resembled stasima in their general character, but differed from them in ..."
3. The Attic Theatre: A Description of the Stage and Theatre of the Athenians by Arthur Elam Haigh (1898)
"Not infrequently, in the middle of the dialogue, small odes were inserted which
resembled stasima in their general character, but differed from them in ..."
4. The Attic Theatre: A Description of the Stage and Theatre of the Athenians by Arthur Elam Haigh (1889)
"Not unfrequently, in the middle of the dialogue, small odes were inserted which
resembled stasima in their general character, but differed from them in ..."
5. The Attic Theatre: A Description of the Stage and Theatre of the Athenians by Arthur Elam Haigh (1889)
"But in the majority of cases the parodos and the stasima were given by the whole
body of the chorus. Not unfrequently, in the middle of the dialogue, ..."
6. The Greek Theater and Its Drama by Roy Caston Flickinger (1922)
"Though the number of stasima (and of episodes) was more usually three, as in this
case, ... In several plays there were four stasima and four episodes, ..."
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