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ἐχρήσαντο δ᾽ αὐτῇ οἱ παλαιοὶ κατὰ τὴν ἀξίαν, ὥσπερ καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις ἐπιτηδεύμασι πᾶσιν
οἱ δὲ νῦν τὰ σεμνὰ αὐτῆς παραιτησάμενοι, ἀντὶ τῆς ἀνδρώδους ἐκείνης καὶ θεσπεσίας καὶ θεοῖς
φίλης κατεαγυῖαν καὶ κωτίλην εἰς τὰ θέατρα εἰσάγουσι. τοιγάρτοι Πλάτων ἐν τῷ τρίτῳ τῆς Πολιτείας δυσχεραίνει τῇ τοιαύτῃ μουσικῇ: τὴν γοῦν
Λύδιον ἁρμονίαν παραιτεῖται, ἐπειδὴ ὀξεῖα καὶ ἐπιτήδειος πρὸς θρῆνον. καὶ τὴν πρώτην σύστασιν
αὐτῆς φασι θρηνώδη τινὰ γενέσθαι. Ὄλυμπον γὰρ πρῶτον Ἀριστόξενος ἐν τῷ πρώτῳ περὶ Μουσικῆς
ἐπὶ τῷ Πύθωνί φησιν ἐπικήδειον αὐλῆσαι Λυδιστί. εἰσὶ δ᾽ οἳ Μελανιππίδην τούτου τοῦ μέλους ἄρξαι φασί: Πίνδαρος δ᾽ ἐν Παιᾶσιν ἐπὶ τοῖς Νιόβης
γάμοις φησὶ Λύδιον ἁρμονίαν πρῶτον διδαχθῆναι. ἄλλοι δὲ Τόρηβον πρῶτον τῇ ἁρμονίᾳ χρήσασθαι, καθάπερ Διονύσιος ὁ Ἴαμβος ἱστορεῖ.
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1895. 6.
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