 Come now,' as Herodotus would say, ' I will show once more that the mysteries of the Greeks resemble those of Bushmen.' In Lucian's Treatise on Dancing,2 we read, 'I pass over the fact that you cannot find a single ancient mystery in which there is not...  The Study of Man - Page 226by Alfred Cort Haddon - 1898 - 410 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Andrew Lang - 1884 - 340 pages
...more that the mysteries of the Greeks resemble those of Bushmen.' In Lucian's Treatise on Dancing,2 we read, ' I pass over the fact that you cannot find...reveal the mysteries, that they " dance them out." ' 1 Kamilaroi and Kurnai, p. 214. Here Liddell and Scott write, rather weakly, ' to dance out, let... | |
 | Andrew Lang - 1887 - 370 pages
...every reader of travels in uncivilised countries. First, as to the mystic dances, Lucian observes,1 " You cannot find a single ancient mystery in which there is not dancing. . . . This much all men know, that most people say of the revealers of the mysteries that they ' dance... | |
 | Andrew Lang - 1893 - 358 pages
...more that the mysteries of the Greeks resemble those of Bushmen.' In Lucian's Treatise on Dancing,' 2 we read, ' I pass over the fact that you cannot find...know, that most people say of those who reveal the mysteries,that they" dance them out." ' Here Liddel and Scott write, rather weakly, ' to dance out,... | |
 | Andrew Lang - 1893 - 368 pages
...more that the mysteries of the Greeks resemble those of Bushmen.' In Lucian's Treatise on Dancing,'2 we read, ' I pass over the fact that you cannot find...of worship, on account of the uninitiated. But this 1 Kamilaroi and Kurnai, p. 241. - IIipl opxi'jireus, c. 15. much all men know, that most people say... | |
 | Andrew Lang - 1899 - 388 pages
...countries ; (5) ethical instruction is communicated. First, as to the mystic dances, Lucian observes : 1 " You cannot find a single ancient mystery in which there is not dancing. . . . This much all men know, that most people say of the revealers of the mysteries that they ' dance... | |
 | Jean Capart - 1905 - 336 pages
...purpose. The women always pointed their weapons toward the enemies' country."2 Lucien observes : " You cannot find a single ancient mystery in which there is not dancing. . . . This much all men know, that most people say of the revealers of the mysteries that they ' dance... | |
 | Andrew Lang - 1908 - 144 pages
...more' that the mysteries of the Greeks resemble those of Bushmen." In Lucian's Treatise on Dancing2 we read : " I pass over the fact that you cannot find...reveal the mysteries, that they 'dance them out.' " Here Liddell and Scott write, rather weakly, "to dance out, let out, betray, probably of some dance... | |
 | Edward Carpenter - 1921 - 328 pages
...learned — "to dance out (f£opx£ur6<u) a mystery."1 Lucian, in a much-quoted passage,2 observes: "You cannot find a single ancient mystery in which there is not dancing . . . and this much all men know, that most people say of the revealers of the mysteries that they... | |
 | William Oscar Emil Oesterley - 1923 - 252 pages
...ever worship among the Greeks without song and dance. In his Peri Orcheseos (xv. 177) Lucian says: ...I pass over the fact that you cannot find a single...who reveal the mysteries, that they "dance them out 6 ." There is abundant evidence to show the truth of Farnell's 1 Its home was Sparta; it was introduced... | |
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