dancers-in

Updated: May 28, 2025

Odysseus, we find, is particularly struck with this: he gazes with admiration on the 'twinkling of their feet. 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.

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