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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Symposium by Xenophon: fresh from the table of the gods, wine-flushed, and enter to his
bride. In the last scene the two will play[2] with one another.
[2] {paixountai}. The Syracusan naturally uses the Doric form. See
Cobet, "Pros. Xen." p. 16, note 23. Rutherford, "N. Phrynicus," p.
91.
He had scarce concluded, when Ariadne entered, attired like a bride.
She crossed the stage and sate herself upon the throne. Meanwhile,
before the god himself appeared a sound of flutes was heard; the
cadence of the Bacchic air proclaimed his coming.
At this point the company broke forth in admiration of the ballet-
master. For no sooner did the sound of music strike upon the ear of
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