Verse
Odyssey
Book 8, Line 256 by Samuel Butler (English)
On this a servant hurried off to bring the lyre from the king's house, and the nine men who had been chosen as stewards stood forward. It was their business to manage everything connected with the sports, so they made the ground smooth and marked a wide space for the dancers [ khoros ]. Presently the servant came back with Demodokos’ lyre, and he took his place in the midst of them, whereon the best young dancers [ khoros ] in the town began to foot and trip it so nimbly that Odysseus was delighted with the merry twinkling of their feet.
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