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[601] πειρ́ησεται with direct acc. is unique, though the cognate acc. is sometimes found, e.g. Od. 4.119 and compare Od. 8.23ἀέθλους, τοὺς φαίηκες ἐπειρήσαντ᾽ Ὀδυσῆος”. See also note on 12.47στίχας ἀνδρῶν πειρητίζων”. The appropriateness of the comparison to lines of dancers wheeling round along the concentric circles of the labyrinth is very striking. It appears that from time to time the dancers leave the maze and dance in long lines opposite one another (ἐπὶ στίχας, used elsewhere only of soldiers).

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