Plut. Mor., Symposiacs 9.15.1 — Symposiacs

Plut. Mor., Symposiacs 9.15.1 — Symposiacs, Plutarch; served verbatim

Question XV THAT THERE ARE THREE PARTS IN DANCING: φορά, MOTION, σχῆμα GESTURE, AND δεῖξις, REPRESENTATION. WHAT EACH OF THOSE IS AND WHAT IS COMMON TO BOTH POETRY AND DANCING. AMMONIUS AND THRASYBULUS. AFTER this, a match of dancing was proposed, and a cake was the prize. The judges were Meniscus the dancing-master, and my brother Lamprias; for he danced the Pyrrhic very well, and in the Palaestra none could match him for the graceful motion of his hands and arms in dancing. Now a great many dancing with more heat than art, some desired two of the company who seemed to be best skilled and took most care to observe their steps, to dance in the style called φορὰν παρὰ φοράν. Upon this Thrasybulus, the son of Ammonius, demanded what φορά signified, and gave Ammonius occasion to run over most of the parts of dancing.

The Greek stands ready in the workroom; the English is served. Both faces will read together.

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Filed here — the addresses this episode attests; counted by the house’s first pass

Ammonius — a candidate entry Lamprias — a candidate entry Thrasybulus — a candidate entry

Symposiacs, Plutarch — translated by Thomas Creech (rev. W. W. Goodwin), 1874
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