I should have known he would draw me back to the bull-dance, which was sacred when the first earth-men fought each other with axes and knives of stone. ❋ Renault, Mary (1962)
That day in Crete after the bull-dance she had begged a lock of my hair, saying, as little children do who know nothing of the matter, that one day she would marry me. ❋ Renault, Mary (1962)
Instead I had learned the bull-dance, and their minds. ❋ Renault, Mary (1962)
Not far behind me was the Isthmus journey, not knowing at dawn what the day would bring; Crete, and the bull-dance. ❋ Renault, Mary (1962)
It is used in the rites of the bull-dance, and by the native serfs; you must go to Crete to learn it. ❋ Renault, Mary (1962)
My thoughts were far off, at the bull-dance, or some old war; when the floor shook beneath my bed, and my cup fell from the stand beside me. ❋ Renault, Mary (1962)
Before the bull-dance, they would bring in the little ones of the princely houses, just to see the procession of the dancers into the ring, and be shown the first in fame. ❋ Renault, Mary (1962)
Only with the bull-dance would I coax him to come my way. ❋ Renault, Mary (1962)
Theseus, by his skill and leadership in the bull-dance, kept his team of Athenians alive till in the confusion following one of the great Cretan earthquakes (of whose approach he had an inherited premonition) he led the oppressed native serfs and the captive bull-dancers in a successful revolt. ❋ Renault, Mary (1962)
I, who had been in Crete; who had seen tossing in the bull-dance such silver hair. ❋ Renault, Mary (1962)
The night before, indeed, I had almost gone to her, bull-dance or no; only that when I sat up I saw Amyntor sleeping, and remembered my people. ❋ Renault, Mary, 1905-1983 (1958)
For almost a year I had sat by the Cretan ring, and watched the bull-dance when I was not dancing myself. ❋ Renault, Mary, 1905-1983 (1958)
But I remember, though it is long ago, how the night after the bull-dance our meeting was like unmixed wine, all fire and spiced honey, making it worth while to have stayed away. ❋ Renault, Mary, 1905-1983 (1958)
They listened, at first, because I was Theseus of the Cranes; all Cretans follow the bull-dance; but suddenly the foreman said, "Well, if the King of your country ever lands here, Theseus, he'll find plenty of us to fight for him, in return for laws like that." ❋ Renault, Mary, 1905-1983 (1958)
In the second month of our training, we saw the bull-dance for the first time. ❋ Renault, Mary, 1905-1983 (1958)
Nearly all their rites have grown frivolous and like play, just as with the bull-dance. ❋ Renault, Mary, 1905-1983 (1958)
Then, as the time drew on for our first bull-dance, came trouble where I had least looked for it. ❋ Renault, Mary, 1905-1983 (1958)
At the next bull-dance, when I looked up to the shrine, it seemed to me that the world must know, and I guessed she felt the same. ❋ Renault, Mary, 1905-1983 (1958)
But in Crete they have been bred to the bull-dance for a thousand years. ❋ Renault, Mary, 1905-1983 (1958)
But the night before the bull-dance, I always lay alone; two nights even, if I felt my eye out at practice. ❋ Renault, Mary, 1905-1983 (1958)
Note: must first be seen performed by an experienced [bull] [dancer] before attempting to perform [on one's] own. ❋ Anonymous (2003)
“I either want to get with [Jade] or Heather, do you think I can [get away with] both?” “It’s either you run with [the bulls] or dance with one.” ❋ Toyvenus (2021)
