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[593] With this dance of youths and maidens compare the interesting description of the dance called “ὅρμος” in Lucian “περὶ ὀρχ”. §§ 12-13: “ὁ δὲ ὅρμος ὄρχησίς ἐστι κοινὴ ἐφήβων τε καὶ παρθένων, παρ᾽ ἕνα χορευόντων καὶ ὡς ἀληθῶς ὅρμωι ἐοικότων: καὶ ἡγεῖται μὲν ὁ ἔφηβσὁ τὰ νεανικὰ ὀρχούμενος καὶ ὅσοις ὕστερον ἐν πολέμωι χρήσεται, ἡ παρθένος δὲ ἕπεται κοσμίως τὸ θῆλυ χορεύειν διδάσκουσα, κτλ. ἀλφεσίβοιαι”, ‘earning oxen’ as “ἕδνα” or brideprice for their parents. “ἀλφάνειν” is always used in H. of a human chattel ‘realising’ a price; 21.79, Od. 15.453, Od. 20.383. For the form cf. H. G. § 124 c.

The Iliad, edited, with apparatus criticus, prolegomena, notes, and appendices. Walter Leaf. London. Macmillan. 1900.

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