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" The yipavos, or crane-dance, is described by Pollux iv. 

 101, "The crane-dance they danced in a body, one behind 

 the other in line, the extremities being occupied by the 

 leaders, Theseus and his party having first imitated so, 

 round the altar in Delos, their escape from the labyrinth." 

 Cf. Plutarch, Thes. 21, Lucian, TJe salt. 34. A similar dance 

 called KavSiwrrji is still danced in Greece. It seems likely 



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