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red ball made by Polybus for Laodamas and Halius

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Canonical name: red ball made by Polybus for Laodamas and Halius
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ring used for the Phaeacian ball dance1 observation

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The red ball was used in the Phaeacian ball-dance ring.

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“Then Alcinous told Laodamas and Halius to dance alone, for there was no one to compete with them. So they took a red ball which Polybus had made for them, and one of them bent himself backwards and threw it up towards the clouds, while the other jumped from off the ground and caught it with ease before it came down again. When they had done throwing the ball straight up into the air they began to dance, and at the same time kept on throwing it backwards and forwards to one another, while all the young men in the ring applauded and made a great stamping with their feet. Then Ulysses said:”

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Polybus’s red ball is thrown toward the clouds, caught in mid-leap, and passed backward and forward during the dance.

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“So they took a red ball which Polybus had made for them, and one of them bent himself backwards and threw it up towards the clouds, while the other jumped from off the ground and caught it with ease before it came down again. When they had done throwing the ball straight up into the air they began to dance, and at the same time kept on throwing it backwards and forwards to one another,”

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“a red ball which Polybus had made for them”