parabasis 的定义
plural pa·rab·a·ses [puh-rab-uh-seez]. /pəˈræb əˌsiz/.
- a choral ode addressed to the audience, especially of comedy, and independent of the action of the play: usually following the agon and, in the earliest forms of comedy, serving often to end the play.
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- Parabasis, pa-rab′a-sis, n. the chief of the choral parts in ancient Greek comedy, usually an address from the poet to the public.
- In the comedies, like the masques in other days, sarcastic remarks on the government came to be made; this was the Parabasis.
- They were also remarkable for the absence of the parabasis and chorus.