Dora Stratou Dance group.

A warlike men's dance from Pontos (see Kotsari, above). In the Odyssey, Odysseus travels along the Black Sea and Homer mentions a war dance, Pyrrihos. Because Pontics preserved many ancient Greek customs and linguistic features, many people think that this dance is the Pyrrihos. The modern name refers to a river near Trapezounda (English Trebizond, Turkish Trabzon, the major city of Pontos) were it is said that the best dances came from. The rhythm starts in 7/16 and becomes an even meter when the dance speeds up. Today Serra is usually a show dance performed by a small number of men who know the same variations. This dance should not be confused with Serenitsa, which is completely different.

PYRRHIC DANCE

The most famous war-dance of antiquity (ancient Greeks), received its name from Pyrrichos, a Dorian. It was danced to the flute, and its time was very quick: the pyrriche or pyrrhic dance which was performed in armor.

"Ye have the Pyrrhic dance as often, Where is the Pyrrhic phalanx gone?" Byron.

The dancers imitated the actions of battle to the sound of a reed-pipe. The dance is named after its inventor, Pyrriche the Dorian, so there is no connection to the Pyrrhic of Pyrrhic victory. Julius Caesar introduced it into Rome. A relic of the pyrriche survives to this in day Greece, it is also known as Romeika.