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Hesiod: Theogony & Works and Days 8 · 8

Lovely ones, and they stirred with their feet

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καλούς ἱμερόεντας· ἐπερρώσαντο δὲ ποσσίν.

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καλούςkaloúslovelyἱμερόενταςhimeróentasfull of longing·ἐπερρώσαντοeperrhṓsantothey surgedδὲandποσσίνpossínwith their feet.

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The dances are beautiful and full of longing; the Muses "quicken" — surge into motion — with their feet. The sentence closes on the beat of dancing feet.

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