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‘ πότ᾽ ἐστιν, ὦ ἑταῖροι, νῦν ἐπιζητεῖν οὐ συμποτικόν: σχολῆς γὰρ νηφαλιωτέρας δεῖται τὸ θεώρημα: ἐπεὶ
δ᾽ ὁρίζονται τὴν φωνὴν οἱ ἄριστοι γραμματικοὶ ἀέρα πεπληγμένον αἰσθητὸν ἀκοῇ, ἐτυγχάνομέν τε χθὲς ἐζητηκότες περὶ γραμματικῆς, ὡς τέχνης ἐπιτηδείου
γράμμασι τὰς φωνὰς δημιουργεῖν καὶ ταμιεύειν τῇ ἀναμνήσει, ἴδωμεν τίς μετὰ ταύτην δευτέρα πρέπουσα
φωνῇ ἐπιστήμη. οἶμαι δ᾽ ὅτι μουσική. ὑμνεῖν γὰρ εὐσεβὲς καὶ προηγούμενον ἀνθρώποις τοὺς
χαρισαμένους αὐτοῖς μόνοις τὴν ἔναρθρον φωνὴν
θεούς: τοῦτο δὲ καὶ Ὅμηρος ἐπεσημήνατο ἐν οἷς λέγει
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Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1895. 6.
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