: That there were still extant some
Thessalian
Statues erected to the Honour of their best Dancers: And that he wondered how his Brother Philosopher could declare himself against the Opinions of those two Persons, whom he professed so much to admire,
Homer
and
Hesiod
; the latter of which compares Valour and Dancing together; and says, That
the Gods have bestowed Fortitude on some Men, and on others a Disposition for Dancing
.
Lastly, he puts him in mind that