[979]. Suidas, v. ῥαβδοῦχοι, t. ii. p. 672. f. Scalig. Poet. i. 21.
[980]. See Cahusac, Traité Historique de la Dance, ii. i. t. i. p. 61, sqq.
[981]. It is said that certain ancient poets were called orchestic,—as Thespis, Phrynichos, Pratinas, Carcinos,—not only because they adapted the subjects of their pieces to the dances of the chorusses, but, also, because they instructed in dancing the chorusses of other dramatic writers. Athen. i. 39. The above poet, Carcinos, was likewise celebrated for being the father of three sons who danced in the tragic chorusses, and, from their extremely diminutive stature, obtained the name of Quails. Schol. Aristoph. Pac. 761.
[982]. Hesych. v. ἐμμέλεια. Sch. Aristoph. Nub. 532. Poll. iv. 99. Athen. xiv. 27, seq. Luc. de Saltat. § 22. 26. Plut. Symposiac. ix. 15. 1.
[983]. Suid. v. Φρυνίχου πάλαισμα, t. ii. p. 1092. b. c. d.
[984]. Poll. iv. 103. Athen. xiv. 27.
[985]. Poll. iv. 103. Cf. Xenoph. Conviv. vi. 4.
[986]. Poll. vi. 99.
[987]. Pfeiffer. Antiq. Græc. ii. 58. p. 382.
[988]. Cf. Dodwell, Classical Tour in Greece, vol. i. p. 133, seq.