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οἷόν τι καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν τῆς τραγῳδίας ποιητῶν:
τῷ γὰρ χρωματικῷ γένει καὶ τῷ ῥυθμῷ τραγῳδία μὲν οὐδέπω καὶ τήμερον κέχρηται, κιθάρα δέ, πολλαῖς γενεαῖς πρεσβυτέρα τραγῳδίας οὖσα, ἐξ ἀρχῆς
[p. 505] ἐχρήσατο. τὸ δὲ χρῶμα ὅτι πρεσβύτερόν ἐστι τῆς ἁρμονίας, σαφές. δεῖ γὰρ δηλονότι κατὰ τὴν τῆς
ἀνθρωπίνης φύσεως ἔντευξιν καὶ χρῆσιν τὸ πρεσβύτερον λέγειν: κατὰ γὰρ αὐτὴν τὴν τῶν γενῶν φύσιν
οὐκ ἔστιν ἕτερον ἑτέρου πρεσβύτερον. εἰ οὖν τις
Αἰσχύλον ἢ Φρύνιχον φαίη ἄγνοιαν ἀπεσχῆσθαι
τοῦ χρώματος, ἆρά γ̓ οὐκ ἂν ἄτοπος εἴη; ὁ γὰρ
αὐτὸς καὶ Παγκράτην ἂν εἴποι ἀγνοεῖν τὸ χρωματικὸν γένος: ἀπείχετο γὰρ καὶ οὗτος ὡς ἐπὶ τὸ
πολὺ τούτου, ἐχρήσατο δ᾽ ἔν τισιν: οὐ δι᾽ ἄγνοιαν
οὖν δηλονότι, ἀλλὰ διὰ τὴν προαίρεσιν ἀπείχετο: ἐζήλου γοῦν, ὡς αὐτὸς ἔφη, τὸν Πινδάρειόν τε καὶ Σιμωνίδειον τρόπον καὶ καθόλου τὸ ἀρχαῖον καλούμενον :
ὑπὸ τῶν νῦν.
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1895. 6.
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