Choëphori

[ koh-ef-uh-rahy ]
/ koʊˈɛf əˌraɪ /

noun

a tragedy (458 b.c.) by Aeschylus.
Also called The Libation-bearers.
Compare Oresteia.

Example sentences from the Web for choephori

  • The Choephori (Libation-bearers), the second play of the trilogy, opens with the entry of Orestes.

    Authors of Greece |T. W. Lumb

  • The Choephori, like the plays of schylus generally, consists of scenes from a story taken as known.

    Dramatic Technique |George Pierce Baker