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You have read your Homer; so that I need say nothing of the Shield of Achilles, with its choral dance, modelled on that which Daedalus designed for Ariadne[1]; nor of the two dancers (‘tumblers, | You have read your Homer; so that I need say nothing of the Shield of Achilles, with its choral dance, modelled on that which Daedalus designed for Ariadne[1]; nor of the two dancers (‘tumblers, | ||
- | >[1] Ariadne | As in Pope's Odyssey: //A figured dance succeeds; such once was seen, in lofty Knossus, for the Cretan queen, formed by Daedalian art; a comely band of youths and maidens, bounding hand in hand, now forth at once, too swift for fight they spring, and, undistinguished, | + | >[1] Ariadne | As in Pope's Odyssey: //A figured dance succeeds; such once was seen, in lofty Knossus, for the Cretan queen, formed by Daedalian art; a comely band of youths and maidens, bounding hand in hand, now forth at once, too swift for fight they spring, and, undistinguished, |
- | >[2] Tumblers | Those who dance on their heads. | + | >[2] Tumblers | Those who dance on their heads.((Select Dialogues: Of Lucian, Translated from the Greek by Thomas Franklin, D.D. The Sungraphein, |
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- | In Thessaly, again, dancing was such a prominent feature, that their rulers and generals were called ‘Dancers-in-chief, | + | In Thessaly, again, dancing was such a prominent feature, that their rulers[1] and generals were called ‘Dancers-in-chief, |
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+ | >[1] Rulers | In Greek, πρoσρχεσηραs, | ||
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- | I need hardly observe that among the ancient mysteries not one is to be found that does not include dancing. Orpheus and Musaeus, the best dancers of their time, were the founders of these rites; and their ordinances show the value they attached to rhythm and dance as elements in religion. To illustrate this point would be to make the ceremonial known to the uninitiated: | + | I need hardly observe that among the ancient mysteries not one is to be found that does not include dancing. Orpheus and Musaeus, the best dancers of their time, were the founders of these rites; and their ordinances show the value they attached to rhythm and dance as elements in religion. To illustrate this point would be to make the ceremonial known to the uninitiated: |
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+ | >[1] Dancing them out | Greek, EξoρχeiσΘai. Perhaps this word is etymologically related to the English word // | ||
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