A.any art over which the Muses presided, esp. poetry sung to music, Pi.O.1.15, Hdt.6.129; “μουσικῆς ἀγών” Th.3.104, cf. IG12.84.16, etc.; “ποίησις ἡ κατὰ μουσικήν” Pl.Smp.196e, cf. 205c; τίς ἡ τέχνη, ἧς τὸ κιθαρίζειν καὶ τὸ ᾁδειν καὶ τὸ ἐμβαίνειν ὀρθῶς; Answ. “μουσικήν μοι δοκεῖς λέγειν” Id.Alc.1.108d.
II. generally, art or letters, “μουσικῇ καὶ πάσῃ φιλοσοφίᾳ προσχρώμενος” Pl.Ti.88c, cf. Phd.61a, Prt.340a; μουσική, γράμματα, γυμναστική, as three branches of education, Id.R.403c, cf. X.Lac.2.1; with γραφική added, Arist.Pol.1337b24; “ἐν μουσικῇ καὶ γυμναστικῇ παιδεύειν” Pl.Cri.50d: metaph., “εὑρὼν ἀκριβῆ μ. ἐν ἀσπίδι” E.Supp.906.