[11] That is why the song which they sing while dancing is an invocation of Aphrodite and of the Loves, that they may join their revel and their dances. The second of the songs, moreover—for two are sung—even contains instruction how to dance: “Set your foot before you, lads,” it says, “and frolic yet more featly,”
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that is, dance better.
The same sort of thing is done by those who dance what is called the String of Beads.
De saltatione. Lucian of Samosata. Austin Morris Harmon (Translator). United States. Perseus 5.0.
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