aw near, bewitched by the sounds, till they fall, overpowered by the music, into the snares.' (De natura animalium XII, 46.) From tombstones and urns, and above all from the gay wallpaintings of the underground burial places of Tarquinii we can learn of the lively round dances of the women, the weapon dance of the men and the passionate dance-game of youths and maidens who move and turn in couples or singly to the sound of pipes and zithers. These dances are full of dark sensual pleasure, yet at the same time restrained in a melancholy way, in spite of all their excitement and tenseness. They are the expression of a deep musicality which needs no words....
