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GCSE Classics · key term
An Athenian public official whose name identified the year and who organised the City Dionysia’s dramatic competition, including selecting playwrights and appointing financial sponsors.
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Paper 1
Revise: GreeceThe eponymous archon, an Athenian public official, organised the dramatic competition. He selected three tragic playwrights and five comic playwrights, then appointed wealthy sponsors called choregoi. A choregos financed the preparation and equipment of a chorus, making private wealth serve a public religious occasion while also gaining prestige.
Distinguish the eponymous archon, who organised the dramatic competition, from the choregos, who financed a production.
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