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οἱ δὲ φαλλοφόροι, φησίν, προσωπεῖον μὲν οὐ λαμβάνουσιν, προπόλιον δ᾽ ἐξ ἑρπύλλου περιτιθέμενοι καὶ παιδέρωτος ἐπάνω τούτου ἐπιτίθενται στέφανον δασὺν ἴων καὶ κιττοῦ: καυνάκας τε περιβεβλημένοι παρέρχονται οἱ μὲν ἐκ παρόδου, οἱ δὲ κατὰ μέσας τὰς θύρας, βαίνοντες ἐν ῥυθμῷ καὶ λέγοντες: [p. 354]
ἀνάγετ᾽, ἀνάγετ᾽, εὐρυχωρίαν ποιεῖτε. τῷ θεῷ θέλει γὰρ
ὁ θεὸς ὀρθὸς ἐσφυδωμένος
διὰ μέσου βαδίζειν.
’”
σοί, Βάκχε, τάνδε μοῦσαν ἀγλαίζομεν,
ἁπλοῦν ῥυθμὸν χέοντες αἰόλῳ μέλει,
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