Lucian of Samosata, De saltatione, Austin Morris Harmon (Translator), 49

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[49] Indeed, even if you go to Crete in fancy, the dance garners very many contributions from there— Europe, Pasiphae, both the bulls,¹ the labyrinth, Ariadne, Phaedra, Androgeos, Daedalus and Icarus, Glaucus and the soothsaying skill of Polyidus, and Talus, the bronze roundsman of Crete.

De saltatione. Lucian of Samosata. Austin Morris Harmon (Translator). United States. Perseus 5.0.

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The Dance (English) (Lucian, Vol. 5. Harmon, Austin Morris, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1936 (printing).)

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Περὶ Ὀρχήσεως Perseus (Lucian, Vol. 5. Harmon, Austin Morris, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1936 (printing).) — 49 focus

Λυκῖνος

ἀλλὰ κἂν εἰς τὴν Κρήτην ἀφίκῃ τῷ λόγῳ, πάμπολλα κἀκεῖθεν ἡ ὄρχησις ἐρανίζεται, τὴν Εὐρώπην, τὴν Πασιφάην, τοὺς ταύρους ἀμφοτέρους, τὸν λαβύρινθον, τὴν Ἀριάδνην, τὴν Φαίδραν, τὸν Ἀνδρόγεων, τὸν Δαίδαλον, τὸν Ἴκαρον, τὸν Γλαῦκον, τὴν Πολυΐδου μαντικήν, τὸν Τάλω, τὸν χαλκοῦν τῆς Κρήτης περίπολον.

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Of Pantomime Perseus (The Works of Lucian of Samosata, Vol. 2. Fowler, Henry Watson and Fowler, Francis George, translators. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1905.) — 49 focus

[49] Extending our view, we find that Crete, too, may be laid under contribution: Europa’s bull, Pasiphae’s, the Labyrinth, Ariadne, Phaedra, Androgeos; Daedalus and Icarus; Glaucus, and the prophecy of Polyides; and Talos, the island’s brazen sentinel.

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The Dance

The Minotaur, and the bull that fathered him.

Lucian of Samosata De saltatione 49

Austin Morris Harmon (Translator)

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