Choëphori

[ koh-ef-uh-rahy ]

noun
  1. a tragedy (458 b.c.) by Aeschylus.

  • Also called The Libation-bearers.

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How to use Choëphori in a sentence

  • The Choephori, like the plays of schylus generally, consists of scenes from a story taken as known.

    Dramatic Technique | George Pierce Baker
  • The Choephori (Libation-bearers), the second play of the trilogy, opens with the entry of Orestes.

    Authors of Greece | T. W. Lumb