As in his fickle thought he wished to be?
But that he danced with such facility,
As, like a lion, he could prance with pride,
Ply like a plant and like a river glide."
Now hear Lucian:—
δοκεῖ γάρ μοι ὁ παλαιὸς μῆθος καὶ Πρωτέα
τὸν Αἰγύπτιον οὐκ ἄλλο τι ἢ ὀρχηστήν τινα
γενέσθαι λέγειν, μιμητικὸν ἄνθρωπον καὶ πρὸς
πάντα σχηματίζεσθαι καὶ μεταβάλλεσθαι δυνάμενον,