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Sunday, December 03, 2017
Odd-Looking
John Boardman, Greek Art, new rev. ed. (New York: Thames and Hudson, 1985), p. 9:
Isadora Duncan dancing on the steps of the Parthenon would have looked far odder to the ancient Athenian than the chorus of Cats.