The antique Greek dance, after sculptured and painted figures . Fig. 554 Pig. 555. THE PLAY RHYTHMS 372. Homer, Lucien, and Plutarch, indeed, all of the Greekwriters, use the same word to designate the dancers, whether they bethe ball players, the acrobats, the women who walk on their hands,or some other type. The word Dancer has a wide range ofmeanings. Everything was considered a dance if it was executedto music, from the exercises of the palestrae to the studied evolu-tions of the Chorus. The rowers of the galleys, who swung their oars to the cadencesof the flute, or the workers in the arse
The antique Greek dance, after sculptured and painted figures . Fig. 554 Pig. 555. THE PLAY RHYTHMS 372. Homer, Lucien, and Plutarch, indeed, all of the Greekwriters, use the same word to designate the dancers, whether they bethe ball players, the acrobats, the women who walk on their hands,or some other type. The word Dancer has a wide range ofmeanings. Everything was considered a dance if it was executedto music, from the exercises of the palestrae to the studied evolu-tions of the Chorus. The rowers of the galleys, who swung their oars to the cadencesof the flute, or the workers in the arsenal who toiled to the soundof fifes, the orator who spoke his words and timed his gestures to a THE PLAY RHYTHMS 239 measure,—these were all dancers, in the larger Greek sense of the word. The power of rhythm isuniversally accepted, thereforethe Greek made his oracles speakin verse, and, many times in his. l>
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