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[aras-image:3Pa.026,,9,303,334,Fresco of the Villa of Mysteries in Pompeii]
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In the fresco of the Villa of Mysteries in Pompeii is the figure of a nude woman with a flowing scarf turning in a contained but ecstatic dance, much like the description of the dervishes: she does not dance in ecstasy; she is the dance ( |