delivered lines. At first the chorus sang lyric hymns to honor Dionysus, the god of ecstasy and wine. These lyric hymns are known as dithyramb. During the 6th century B.C. Thespis, a poet also known as "the inventor of tragedy," was said to be instrumental for the birth of the dramatic chorus. During the Renaissance the role and meaning of a chorus changed, from a group it became a single performer who delivered the prologue and epilogue. “Henry V” is believed to have been written around 1599, during renaissance…
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