Prologue

Japanese: prologos
Prologue

The word prologue comes from the word prologos, which was used in ancient Greek drama to refer to the part of the play that preceded the first appearance of the chorus. Later, the word prologue came to be used to refer to lines that were separated from the main body of the play, foreshadowed the content of the play, provided the audience with information necessary for understanding the play, excused the performance of the play, or spoke on behalf of the author's argument.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "prologos" are listed below.

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Japanese:

…前口上,序詞。古代ギリシア劇において,コロスの最初の登場に先立つ部分を指したプロロゴスprologosという言葉を語源とする。その後,劇の本体とは切り離されて,劇の内容を予告したり,劇の理解について必要な情報を観客に提供したり,劇のできばえについて弁解したり,作者の主張を代弁したりするせりふをプロローグと呼ぶようになった。…

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