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Φωσφόρον ἐν διατόνοις καὶ παρυπάταις καὶ λιχανοῖς κινοῦντες, αὐτὸν τὸν ἥλιον ὡς μέσην συνέχειν τὸ
[p. 203] διὰ πασῶν ἀξιοῦσιν, ἀπέχοντα τῆς μὲν γῆς τὸ διὰ πέντε τῆς δὲ τῶν ἀπλανῶν τὸ διὰ τεσσάρων.
ἀλλ᾽ οὔτε τούτων τὸ κομψὸν ἅπτεταί τινος ἀληθείας οὔτ᾽ ἐκεῖνοι παντάπασι τοῦ ἀκριβοῦς
ἔχονται. οἷς δ᾽ οὖν οὐ δοκεῖ ταῦτα τῆς τοῦ
Πλάτωνος ἀπηρτῆσθαι διανοίας, ἐκεῖνα κομιδῇ φανεῖται τῶν μουσικῶν λόγων ἔχεσθαι, τὸ ε᾽ τετραχόρδων
ὄντων τῶν ὑπάτων καὶ μέσων καὶ συνημμένων
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1895. 6.
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