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‘ὅτι δὲ παρὰ τὰς ἀγωγὰς καὶ τὰς μαθήσεις
[p. 517] διόρθωσις ἢ διαστροφὴ γίγνεται, δῆλον Ἀριστόξενος
ἐποίησε. τῶν γὰρ κατὰ τὴν αὑτοῦ ἡλικίαν φησὶ Τελεσίᾳ τῷ Θηβαίῳ συμβῆναι νέῳ μὲν ὄντι τραφῆναι
ἐν τῇ καλλίστῃ μουσικῇ καὶ μαθεῖν ἄλλα τε
τῶν εὐδοκιμούντων καὶ δὴ καὶ τὰ Πινδάρου, τὰ
τε Διονυσίου τοῦ Θηβαίου καὶ τὰ Λάμπρου καὶ τὰ Πρατίνου καὶ τῶν λοιπῶν, ὅσοι τῶν λυρικῶν ἄνδρες ἐγένοντο ποιηταὶ κρουμάτων ἀγαθοί: καὶ αὐλῆσαι
δὲ καλῶς καὶ περὶ τὰ λοιπὰ μέρη τῆς συμπάσης
παιδείας ἱκανῶς διαπονηθῆναι: παραλλάξαντα δὲ τὴν τῆς ἀκμῆς ἡλικίαν οὕτω σφόδρα ἐξαπατηθῆναι ὑπὸ τῆς σκηνικῆς τε καὶ ποικίλης μουσικῆς, ὡς καταφρονῆσαι τῶν καλῶν ἐκείνων, ἐν οἷς ἀνετράφη,
τὰ Φιλοξένου δὲ καὶ Τιμοθέου ἐκμανθάνειν, καὶ
τούτων αὐτῶν τὰ ποικιλώτατα καὶ πλείστην ἐν αὑτοῖς
ἔχοντα καινοτομίαν: ὁρμήσαντὰ τ᾽ ἐπὶ τὸ ποιεῖν μέλη καὶ διαπειρώμενον ἀμφοτέρων τῶν τρόπων, τοῦ τε Πινδαρείου καὶ Φιλοξενείου, μὴ δύνασθαι κατορθοῦν ἐν τῷ Φιλοξενείῳ γένει: γεγενῆσθαι δ᾽
αἰτίαν τὴν ἐκ παιδὸς καλλίστην ἀγωγήν.’
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1895. 6.
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