The antique Greek dance, after sculptured and painted figures . 262 THE DANCERS. Fig. 579. In the interior of the sanctuary there was an altar against thewall from which the fillets were suspended. This altar was in theform of an Ionic capital, and the sacred fire burned on it (Fig. 581). With arms hidden in her cloak, a womanexecutes a lively dance to the music of adouble flute. The painter naively representsthe dance as more like a run, there being noindication of a true dance-Step. Incapable ofdepicting the details of the Step, the artistconfined his attention to the ritualistic sideof the
The antique Greek dance, after sculptured and painted figures . 262 THE DANCERS. Fig. 579. In the interior of the sanctuary there was an altar against thewall from which the fillets were suspended. This altar was in theform of an Ionic capital, and the sacred fire burned on it (Fig. 581). With arms hidden in her cloak, a womanexecutes a lively dance to the music of adouble flute. The painter naively representsthe dance as more like a run, there being noindication of a true dance-Step. Incapable ofdepicting the details of the Step, the artistconfined his attention to the ritualistic sideof the subject. The dancer, chastely draped,head and torso turned to the side, moveswithout exaggeration, dancing in honor ofthe deity. Certainly there is no frenzy whole movement, while it possesses a sortof dignity, verges upon the grotesque. 407. The dancers represented by Figs. 582 to 593 are the hierodules, or daughters of Zeus, consecrated to the service of a god whose identity is unknown. The presence of certain remarkable accessories and details of costume leaves no
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