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Carpaea logo #10101) Ancient Greek dance
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Carpaea

Carpaea logo #21000 Carpaea (Greek: καρπαία) among the Aenianians, Magnesians, and Macedonians was a kind of mimic military dance, performed by two persons; the one acting as a laborer, the other as a robber. It is described by Xenophon in his Anabasis (6.1.7 - 6.1.8): `The manner of the dance was this: a man is sowing and driving a yoke of oxen, his arms lai....
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