Sentence:  Two <WSD>"coryphées</WSD>", or coryphæi, the term for the leader of a Greek chorus, were stationed in towers on either side of the stage. A device borrowed from Léon Chancerel's "Mission de Jeanne d'Arc", the <WSD>"coryphées</WSD>" are present for the entire length of the drama. Like the messenger, they commented upon the action in a Manichean dialogue: one cheering on w 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  The conductor or leader of the chorus of a drama.