Cordax
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title:
Cordax
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The cordax, was a provocative, licentious, and often obscene mask dance of ancient Greek comedy. In his play The Clouds, Aristophanes complains that other playwrights of his time try to hide the feebleness of their plays by bringing an old woman onto the stage to dance the cordax. He notes with pride that his patrons will not find such gimmicks in his plays. Petronius Arbiter in his Roman novel the Satyricon has Trimalchio boast to his dinner guests that no one dances the cordax better than his
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Ancient Greek dance
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordax
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2024-01-06T22:57:26Z
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