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The History of the Manners and Customs of Ancient Greece, Volume 2 (of 3)

Note 1010 — Chapter VIII · THEATRE (continued).

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It may possibly have been in this dance that Eumelos or Arctinos, an old Corinthian poet, introduced Zeus himself sporting the toe:—

ΜέσσοισινΜέσσοισιν δ᾽ ὠρχεῖτο πατὴρ ἀνδοῶν τε θεῶν τε. Athen. i. 40.

Cf. Plut. Sympos. ix. 15.

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