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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 212 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CORYPHAEUS (from Gr. Kopvil, the
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top of the
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head)  , in
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Attic
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drama, the
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leader of the
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chorus . Hence the
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term (some-times in an Anglicized
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form " coryphe ") is used for the
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chief or leader of any
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company or
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movement . In 1856 in the university of
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Oxford there was founded the
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office of
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Coryphaeus or Praecentor, whose
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duty it was to
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lead the musical performances directed by the
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Choragus (q.v.) . The office ceased to exist in 1899 .

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