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

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