Minor Revelations

[drydem]

I love minor moments of revelation. Today, I realized that the term Choreography comes from the Greek Muse of dance, "TerpsiCHORE". It's always nice when it happens.

Comments

[fallen-scholar.livejournal.com]

Sorry, not the same. It's actually from khoriea, meaning sacred dance, and closely connected to khorea, sacred space. If anything Terpischore comes from that.

[drydem.livejournal.com]

Well, the connection is the same, I would be surprised if terpsichore didn't use the root of dance.

[kinetikatrue]

Actually, it's more that both Terpsichore and choreography have the same root. Terpsichore's roots are terpsis(enjoyment) + choros(dance), whereas choreography's are choros(dance) + graphos(writing/drawing). And that's the mini Greek lesson for the day.