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῾Ὅτι δ᾽ οἱ παλαιοὶ οὐ δι᾽ ἄγνοιαν ἀπείχοντο τῆς τρίτης ἐν τῷ σπονδειάζοντι τρόπῳ, φανερὸν ποιεῖ ἡ ἐν τῇ κρούσει γενομένη χρῆσις: οὐ γὰρ ἂν
ποτ᾽ αὐτῇ πρὸς τὴν παρυπάτην κεχρῆσθαι συμφώνως,
μὴ γνωρίζοντας τὴν χρῆσιν: ἀλλὰ δῆλον ὅτι
τὸ τοῦ κάλλους ἦθος, ὃ γίγνεται ἐν τῷ σπονδειακῷ
τρόπῳ διὰ τὴν τῆς τρίτης ἐξαίρεσιν, τοῦτ᾽ ἦν τὸ τὴν αἴσθησιν αὐτῶν ἐπάγον ἐπὶ τὸ διαβιβάζειν τὸ
μέλος ἐπὶ τὴν παρανήτην. ὁ αὐτὸς δὲ λόγος καὶ περὶ τῆς νήτης: καὶ γὰρ ταύτῃ κατὰ μὲν τὴν
[p. 504] κροῦσιν
ἐχρῶντο, καὶ πρὸς παρανήτην διαφώνως καὶ πρὸς μέσην συμφώνως: κατὰ δὲ τὸ μέλος οὐκ ἐφαίνετο αὐτοῖς οἰκεία εἶναι τῷ σπονδειακῷ τρόπῳ.
οὐ μόνον δὲ τούτοις ἀλλὰ καὶ τῇ συνημμένων νήτῃ
οὕτω κέχρηνται πάντες: κατὰ μὲν γὰρ τὴν κροῦσιν αὐτὴν διεφώνουν πρός τε παρανήτην καὶ πρὸς παραμέσην,
καὶ συνεφώνουν πρός τε μέσην καὶ πρὸς
λιχανόν κατὰ δὲ τὸ μέλος κἂν αἰσχυνθῆναι τῷ
χρησαμένῳ ἐπὶ τῷ γιγνομένῳ δι᾽ αὐτὴν ἤθει. δῆλον
δ᾽ εἶναι καὶ ἐκ τῶν Φρυγίων, ὅτι οὐκ ἠγνόητο ὑπ᾽ Ὀλύμπου τε καὶ τῶν ἀκολουθησάντων ἐκείνῳ: ἐχρῶντο γὰρ αὐτῇ οὐ μόνον κατὰ τὴν κροῦσιν, ἀλλὰ καὶ κατὰ τὸ μέλος ἐν τοῖς Μητρῴοις καὶ ἔν
τισὶ τῶν Φρυγίων. δῆλον δὲ καὶ τὸ περὶ τῶν
ὑπατῶν, ὅτι οὐ δι᾽ ἄγνοιαν ἀπείχοντο ἐν τοῖς Δωρίοις τοῦ τετραχόρδου τούτου: αὐτίκα ἐπὶ τῶν λοιπῶν τόνων ἐχρῶντο, δηλονότι εἰδότες: διὰ δὲ τὴν
τοῦ ἤθους φυλακὴν ἀφῄρουν ἐπὶ τοῦ Δωρίου τόνου, τιμῶντες τὸ καλὸν αὐτοῦ.
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1895. 6.
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