οἱ δὲ πανημέριοι μολπῇ θεὸν ἱλάσκοντο,ἄγε δή, ὦ μουσικῆς θιασῶται, τίς πρῶτος ἐχρήσατο μουσικῇ, ἀναμνήσατε τοὺς ἑταίρους, καὶ τί εὗρε πρὸς αὔξησιν ταύτης ὁ χρόνος καί τίνες εὐδόκιμοι γεγόνασι τῶν τὴν μουσικὴν ἐπιστήμην μεταχειρισαμένων ἀλλὰ μὴν καὶ εἰς πόσα καὶ εἰς τίνα χρήσιμον τὸ ἐπιτήδευμα.’ ταῦτα μὲν εἶπεν ὁ διδάσκαλος.
καλὸν ἀείδοντες παιήονα, κοῦροι Ἀχαιῶν,
μέλποντες Ἑκάεργον: ὁ δὲ φρένα τέρπετ᾽ ἀκούων.
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Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1895. 6.
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