/ · 1894 Brewer’s · A · Amphion
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
is said to have built Thebes by the music of his lute, which was so melodious that the stones danced into walls and houses of their own accord. Tennyson has a rhyming jeu dʹesprit.
· ·
Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.