Motif
maze-like communal dance
maze_like_communal_dance
A motif of the Initiation and Transformative Ordeal family, within the sub-family Labyrinths, Enclosures, and Liminal Spaces. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
greek
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The Iliad THE SEVENTH BATTLE, FOR THE BODY OF PATROCLUS.THE ACTS OF MENELAUS. / BOOK XVIII. / ARGUMENT. / THE GRIEF OF ACHILLES, AND NEW ARMOUR MADE HIM BY VULCAN.; lines 18125-18217 confidence: high
A figured dance like one at Gnossus for the Cretan queen is shown, with youths and maidens, Daedalean art, maze-like movements, tumblers in the center, spectators, and songs.
The figured dance includes hand-in-hand youths and maidens, oblique paths, a flying ring, central tumblers, and songs.
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