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The Remains of Hesiod the Ascræan, Including the Shield of Hercules

Note 185 — THE THEOGONY.

George Chapman translation

Long-stepping tread the earth.] The Greeks, as appears from their female epithets, were very attentive to the form of the ankle, and the manner of walking: and a long step, no less than a well-turned ankle, as implying a tallness of figure, was thought characteristic of graceful beauty.

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