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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 269 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CHORAGUS (the See also:Lat. See also:form of Gr. xopaybs or xop1176s, See also:leader of the See also:chorus)  , the See also:citizen chosen to undertake the expense of furnishing and instructing the See also:chorus at the Dionysiac festivals at See also:Athens (see See also:LITURGY and See also:FINANCE) . The name is given to an assistant to the See also:professor of See also:music at the university of See also:Oxford, whose See also:office was founded, with that of the professor, in 1626 by Dr See also:William Heather .

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