merejkovski's

Updated: July 8, 2026

"One could do a man no graver injury than to call him a dancer," says Cicero, Pro Murena, and adds: "a man cannot dance unless he is drunk or insane." Probably the most realistic description of the cordax, conventional, of course, is to be found in Merejkovski's "Death of the Gods." The passage occurs in chapter vi.

Petronius Arbiter - The Satyricon — Volume 06: Editor's Notes