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1 2 | joining hands together in dances and songs; and these they
2 2 | Athenian. He sings well and dances well; now must we add that
3 2 | he sings what is good and dances what is good?~Cleinias.
4 2 | the words, or songs, or dances are suited, either by nature
5 2 | to the lover of vicious dances or songs, or any good done
6 4 | who are like himself, and dances about, throwing all things
7 6 | experience of sacrifices and dances, if extending to all particulars,
8 7 | Crete you have the armed dances if the Curetes, and the
9 7 | armed and on horseback, in dances, and marches, fast or slow,
10 7 | sacrifices, and with what dances the particular festival
11 7 | offers any other hymns or dances to any one of the Gods,
12 7 | The order of songs and dances shall be as follows:—There
13 7 | musical compositions and dances which are excellent, and
14 7 | to sacrifice and perform dances, and how they may propitiate
15 7 | and tutor to others. About dances and music and choral strains,
16 7 | distinguished? There are dances of the Bacchic sort, both
17 7 | we will proceed to the dances of war and peace, for with
18 7 | which they have given to the dances of men who in their times
19 7 | called them Emmeleiai, or dances of order, thus establishing
20 7 | establishing two kinds of dances of the nobler sort, the
21 7 | happily.~I have described the dances which are appropriate to
22 7 | ordained by law about all dances and the teaching of them,
23 8 | what is the reason that dances and contests of this sort
24 8 | sacrifices and festivals and dances. How, in such a state as
25 12| man. I may add that all dances ought to be performed with
26 12| temple; so too the judge of dances and of all music, and the
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