The antique Greek dance, after sculptured and painted figures . M. Collignon thinks that the creatures with dolphins heads onthe monument of Lysicrate (16) are choristers who compete forvictory. Fig. 529 shows five of these metamorphosed persons atthe moment of diving head first. The subject of a charming littlefrieze is the struggle of Dionysos against the buccaneers who en-deavor to overcome him and metamorphose him into a billows of the ocean are plainly indicated. One can imaginethe singular movement of the en-semble presented when the Chorusfell head over heels, executing the
The antique Greek dance, after sculptured and painted figures . M. Collignon thinks that the creatures with dolphins heads onthe monument of Lysicrate (16) are choristers who compete forvictory. Fig. 529 shows five of these metamorphosed persons atthe moment of diving head first. The subject of a charming littlefrieze is the struggle of Dionysos against the buccaneers who en-deavor to overcome him and metamorphose him into a billows of the ocean are plainly indicated. One can imaginethe singular movement of the en-semble presented when the Chorusfell head over heels, executing thedance at the same time that theysimulated being engulfed in—theboards! The theatrical representationsare the subjects of many of theceramic paintings, which, unhap-pily, are all but impossible to in-terpret. These paintings give anabundance of material for thestudy of the mimetic dance,which, indeed, could not be un-dertaken without them,—i t sscenic effects, even though theperspective is faulty and mis-leading. The chorus-man or chorus-woman, comic or tr
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