a tragic poet of Athens about the 64th Olympiad. He wrote 150 tragedies, of which 13 had obtained the prize.—An historian of Samos.—Two other poets, one of whom was very intimate with Herodotus. He wrote a poem on the victory which the Athenians had obtained over Xerxes; and on account of the excellence of the composition he received a piece of gold for each verse from the Athenians. The other was one of Alexander's flatterers and friends.

CHOERINÆ, CHOERINÆ, in antiquity, a kind of sea-shells, with which the ancient Greeks used to give their suffrage, or vote.

CHORI, that part of the church or cathedral where choristers sing divine service; it is separated from the chancel where the communion is celebrated, and also from the nave of the church where the people are placed: the patron is said to be obliged to repair the choir of the church. It was in the time of Constantine that the choir was separated from the nave. In the 12th century they began to enclose it with walls; but the ancient balustrades have been since restored, out of a view to the beauty of architecture.

CHORI, in nunneries, is a large hall adjoining to the body of the church, separated by a grate, where the nuns sing the office.

CHOSI, FRANCIS TIMOLEON DE, dean of the cathedral of Bayeux, and one of the forty of the French academy, was born at Paris in 1644. In the early part of his life he was much distinguished by his frivolous manners, and particularly by appearing even at court in a female dress. In 1685 he was sent with the chevalier de Chaumont to the king of Siam, and was ordained priest in the Indies by the apostolical vicar. He wrote a great number of works, in a polite, florid, and easy style; the principal of which are, 1. Four Dialogues on the Immortality of the Soul, &c. 2. Account of a voyage to Siam. 3. An Ecclesiastical History, in 11 vols. 4to. 4. Life of David, with an Interpretation of the Psalms. 5. Life of Solomon, &c. He died at Paris in 1724.