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Of the Hypolydian mood they make Polymnestus the
inventor, and the first that taught the lowering and raising
of the voice (ἔκλυσις and ἐκβολή). To the same Olympus to
whom they also ascribe the first invention of Grecian and
well-regulated nomic music they attribute likewise the
finding out the enharmonic music, the prosodiac measure
to which is composed the hymn to Mars, and the chorean
measure which he used in the hymns to the Mother of the
Gods. Some report him to be the author also of the bacchius. And every one of the ancient songs show that this
is so. But Lasus of Hermione, transferring the rhythms
to suit the dithyrambic time, and making use of an instrument with many notes, made an absolute innovation upon
the ancient music, by the use of more notes, and those
more widely distributed.
Plutarch. Plutarch's Morals. Translated from the Greek by several hands. Corrected and revised by. William W. Goodwin, PH. D. Boston. Little, Brown, and Company. Cambridge. Press Of John Wilson and son. 1874. 1.
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