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[7]
εὖ γε, ὦ Κράτων, καὶ τούτου ἐδεόμην μάλιστα: εἴσῃ γὰρ μετ᾽ ὀλίγον ^ εἰ λῆρος εἶναί σοι δόξει
τὰ λεχθησόμενα. καὶ πρῶτόν γε ἐκεῖνο πάνυ
ἠγνοηκέναι μοι δοκεῖς, ὡς οὐ νεώτερον τὸ τῆς ὀρχήσεως ἐπιτήδευμα τοῦτό ἐστιν οὐδὲ χθὲς καὶ πρῴην ἀρξάμενον, οἷον κατὰ τοὺς προπάτορας
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ἡμῶν ἢ τοὺς ἐκείνων, ἀλλ᾽ οἵ γε τἀληθέστατα
ὀρχήσεως πέρι γενεαλογοῦντες ἅμα τῇ πρώτῃ
γενέσει τῶν ὅλων φαῖεν ἄν σοι καὶ ὄρχησιν ἀναφῦναι,
τῷ ἀρχαίῳ ἐκείνῳ Ἔρωτι συναναφανεῖσαν. ἡ γοῦν χορεία τῶν ἀστέρων καὶ ἡ πρὸς τοὺς ἀπλανεῖς τῶν πλανήτων συμπλοκὴ καὶ εὔρυθμος αὐτῶν κοινωνία καὶ εὔτακτος ἁρμονία τῆς πρωτογόνου
ὀρχήσεως δείγματά ἐστιν. κατ᾽ ὀλίγον δὲ
αὐξανομένη καὶ τῆς πρὸς τὸ βέλτιον ἀεὶ προσθήκης τυγχάνουσα, νῦν ἔοικεν ἐς τὸ ἀκρότατον
ἀποτετελέσθαι καὶ γεγενῆσθαι ποικίλον τι καὶ παναρμόνιον καὶ πολύμουσον ἀγαθόν.
Lucian. Works. with an English Translation by. A. M. Harmon. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1936. 5.
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