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‘καὶ Πολύμνηστος δ᾽ αὐλῳδικοὺς νόμους ἐποίησεν: ἐν δὲ τῷ ὀρθίῳ νόμῳ τῇ μελοποιίᾳ κέχρηται, καθάπερ οἱ ἁρμονικοί φασιν, οὐκ ἔχομεν δ᾽ ἀκριβῶς εἰπεῖν: οὐ γὰρ εἰρήκασιν οἱ ἀρχαῖοί τι περὶ
τούτου. καὶ περὶ Θαλήτα δὲ τοῦ Κρητός, εἰ παιάνων γεγένηται ποιητὴς, ἀμφισβητεῖται. Γλαῦκος γὰρ μετ᾽ Ἀρχίλοχον φάσκων γεγενῆσθαι Θαλήταν μεμιμῆσθαι μὲν αὐτόν φησι τὰ Ἀρχιλόχου μέλη,
ἐπὶ δὲ τὸ μακρότερον ἐκτεῖναι, καὶ Μάρωνα καὶ
Κρητικὸν ῥυθμὸν εἰς τὴν μελοποιίαν ἐνθεῖναι: οἷς Ἀρχίλοχον μὴ κεχρῆσθαι, ἀλλ᾽ οὐδ᾽ Ὀρφέα οὐδὲ Τέρπανδρον ἐκ γὰρ τῆς Ὀλύμπου αὐλήσεως Θαλήταν φασὶν ἐξειργάσθαι ταῦτα καὶ δόξαι ποιητὴν ἀγαθὸν γεγονέναι. περὶ δὲ Ξενοκρίτου ὃς ἦν τὸ
γένος ἐκ Λοκρῶν τῶν ἐν: Ἰταλίᾳ, ἀμφισβητεῖται εἰ παιάνων ποιητὴς γέγονεν: ἡρωϊκῶν γὰρ ὑποθέσεων πράγματα ἐχουσῶν ποιητὴν γεγονέναι φασὶν αὐτόν:
διὸ καί τινας διθυράμβους καλεῖν αὐτοῦ τὰς ὑποθέσεις:
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πρεσβύτερον δὲ τῇ ἡλικίᾳ φησὶν ὁ Γλαῦκος Θαλήταν Ξενοκρίτου γεγονέναι.’
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1895. 6.
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