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-In Thessaly, again, dancing was such a prominent feature, that their rulers and generals were called ‘Dancers-in-chief,’ as may be seen from the inscriptions on the statues of their great men: ‘Elected Prime Dancer,’ we read; and again: ‘This statue was erected at the public expense to commemorate Ilation’s well-danced victory.’
+In Thessaly, again, dancing was such a prominent feature, that their rulers[1] and generals were called ‘Dancers-in-chief,’ as may be seen from the inscriptions on the statues of their great men: ‘Elected Prime Dancer,’ we read; and again: ‘This statue was erected at the public expense to commemorate Ilation’s well-danced victory.’
+>[1] Rulers | In Greek, πρoσρχεσηραs, first dancers. This and other appellations mean nothing more than that the Thesssalians applied terms used in dancing to military affairs, and did this art the honour sometimes to draw allusions from it. But Lucian's business here is to make the most of the matter.((Select Dialogues: Of Lucian, Translated from the Greek by Thomas Franklin, D.D. The Sungraphein, by G. W. Vernon, Esq. William M’Kenzie, 1792.))
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