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γενέσθαι μετὰ τοὺς πρώτους ποιήσαντας αὐλῳδίαν
Ἀλέξανδρος δ᾽ ἐν τῇ Συναγωγῇ τῶν περὶ Φρυγίας κρούματα Ὄλυμπον ἔφη πρῶτον εἰς τοὺς
Ἕλληνας κομίσαι, ἔτι δὲ καὶ τοὺς Ἰδαίους Δακτύλους: Ὕαγνιν δὲ πρῶτον αὐλῆσαι, εἶτα τὸν τούτου υἱὸν Μαρσύαν, εἶτ᾽ Ὄλυμπον: ἐζηλωκέναι δὲ τὸν
Τέρπανδρον Ὁμήρου μὲν τὰ ἔπη Ὀρφέως δὲ τὰ μέλη. ὁ δ᾽ Ὀρφεὺς οὐδένα φαίνεται μεμιμημένος:
οὐδεὶς γάρ πω γεγένητο, εἰ μὴ οἱ τῶν αὐλῳδικῶν
[p. 492] ποιηταί: τούτοις δὲ κατ᾽ οὐθὲν τὸ Ὀρφικὸν ἔργον
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1895. 6.
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