Lucian, De saltatione, ed. Austin Morris Harmon, 11

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Λυκῖνος

τοιγαροῦν καὶ τὸ ᾆσμα ὃ μεταξὺ ὀρχούμενοι ᾄδουσιν Ἀφροδίτης ἐπίκλησίς ἐστιν καὶ Ἐρώτων, ὡς συγκωμάζοιεν αὐτοῖς καὶ συνορχοῖντο. καὶ θάτερον δὲ τῶν ᾀσμάτων — δύο γὰρ ᾄδεται — διδασκαλίαν ἔχει ὡς χρὴ ὀρχεῖσθαι. πόρρω γάρ, φασίν, ὦ παῖδες, πόδα μετάβατε καὶ κωμάξατε¹ βέλτιον, τουτέστιν ἄμεινον ὀρχήσασθε.

ὅμοια δὲ καὶ οἱ τὸν ὅρμον καλούμενον ὀρχούμενοι ποιοῦσιν.

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

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The Dance Perseus (Lucian, Vol. 5. Harmon, Austin Morris, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1936 (printing).) — 11 focus

[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,”¹ that is, dance better.

The same sort of thing is done by those who dance what is called the String of Beads.

Of Pantomime Perseus (The Works of Lucian of Samosata, Vol. 2. Fowler, Henry Watson and Fowler, Francis George, translators. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1905.) — 11 focus

[11] Hence the song they sing is an invitation to Aphrodite and the Loves to join in their dance and revel; while the other (I should have said that they have two songs) contains instructions to the dancers: ‘Forward, lads: foot it lightly: reel it bravely’ (i.e. dance actively).

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Περὶ Ὀρχήσεως

1. κωμάξατε Γ2: κωμάσατε Γ1 vulg.

Lucian De saltatione 11

ed. Austin Morris Harmon

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