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‘ μένειν μηδ᾽ αἰδεῖσθαι κακοὺς εἶναι.’ ἡ δὲ γυμνοπαιδικὴ παρεμφερής ἐστι τῇ τραγικῇ ὀρχήσει ἥτις ἐμμέλεια καλεῖται: ἐν ἑκατέρᾳ δὲ ὁρᾶται τὸ βαρὺ καὶ σεμνόν. ἡ δ᾽ ὑπορχηματικὴ τῇ κωμικῇ οἰκειοῦται ἥτις καλεῖται κόρδαξ: παιγνιώδεις δ᾽ εἰσὶν ἀμφότεραι.
29. Ἀριστόξενος δέ φησι τὴν πυρρίχην ἀπὸ Πυρρίχου Λάκωνος τὸ γένος τὴν προσηγορίαν λαβεῖν Λακωνικὸν δ᾽ εἶναι μέχρι καὶ νῦν ὄνομα τὸν Πύρριχον. ἐμφανίζει δ᾽ ἡ ὄρχησις πολεμικὴ οὖσα
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