FITZGERALD
Here young men and the most desired young girls
were dancing, linked, touching each other's wrists...
Trained and adept, they circle there with ease
the way a potter sitting at his wheel will give it a practice twirl between his palms
to see it run; or else, again, in line as though in ranks, they moved on one another:
magical dancing!
LATTIMORE
And there were young men on it and young girls, sought for their beauty
with gifts of oxen, dancing, and holding hands at the wrist. These
wore, the maidens long light robes, but the men wore tunics...
At whiles on their understanding feet they would run very...
