# Περὶ Ὀρχήσεως 78

Lucian, Περὶ Ὀρχήσεως, Section 78. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/lucian/text-18/78

ὅτι δὲ οὐκ ἀπήλλακται ὄρχησις καὶ τῆς ἐναγωνίου χειρονομίας ἀλλὰ μετέχει καὶ τῶν Ἑρμοῦ καὶ Πολυδεύκους καὶ Ἡρακλέους ἐν ἀθλήσει καλῶν ἴδοις ἂν ἑκάστῃ τῶν μιμήσεων ἐπισχών. Ἡροδότῳ μὲν οὖν τὰ διʼ ὀμμάτων φαινόμενα πιστότερα εἶναι τῶν ὤτων δοκεῖ· ὀρχήσει δὲ καὶ τὰ ὤτων καὶ ὀφθαλμῶν πρόσεστιν.

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Lucian, Περὶ Ὀρχήσεως, ed. Austin Morris Harmon. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0062.tlg045.local001/.