choragic monuments
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(keraj´ik, -raj´-, ko-) [Gr.,of the choragus, the chorus leader], small
decorative structures erected in ancient Greece to commemorate the victory
of the leader of a chorus in the competitive choral dances. The best known is
that of Lysicrates (c.335 BC), still standing in Athens, a graceful circular
structure showing one of the early uses of Corinthian columns.