Meaning Of The Word Parabasis

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Parabasis Meaning

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What's The Definition Of Parabasis?

parabasis in American English
noun: a choral ode addressed to the audience, esp. of comedy, and independent of the action of the play: usually following the agon and, in the earliest forms of comedy, serving often to end the play

parabasis in British English
noun: (in classical Greek comedy) an address from the chorus to the audience

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