The Athenian Institution of the Khoregia: The Chorus, the City and the Stage

@inproceedings{Wilson2000TheAI,
  title={The Athenian Institution of the Khoregia: The Chorus, the City and the Stage},
  author={Peter H. Wilson},
  year={2000}
}
Introduction Part I. The Institution: 1. Private wealth for public performance 2. Organisation and operation Part II. The Khoregia in Action: Social Performance and Symbolic Practice: 3. Aristocratic style 4. Khoregia and democracy 5. Monumentalising victory Part III. Beyond Classical Athens: 6. Challenge, change, diffusion. 
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