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τῇ τούτων προαιρέσει περιεῖλον τὴν πολυχορδίαν
τε καὶ ποικιλίαν. μαρτυρεῖ γοῦν τὰ Ὀλύμπου
τε καὶ Τερπάνδρου ποιήματα καὶ τῶν τούτοις ὁμοιοτρόπων πάντων: ἀλιγόχορδα γὰρ ὄντα καὶ ἁπλᾶ διαφέρει τῶν ποικίλων καὶ πολυχόρδων, ὡς μηδένα δύνασθαι μιμήσασθαι τὸν Ὀλύμπου τρόπον,
ὑστερίζειν δὲ τούτου τοὺς ἐν τῷ πολυχόρδῳ τε καὶ πολυτρόπῳ καταγιγνομένους
῾Ὅτι δ᾽ οἱ παλαιοὶ οὐ δι᾽ ἄγνοιαν ἀπείχοντο τῆς τρίτης ἐν τῷ σπονδειάζοντι τρόπῳ, φανερὸν ποιεῖ ἡ ἐν τῇ κρούσει γενομένη χρῆσις: οὐ γὰρ ἂν
ποτ᾽ αὐτῇ πρὸς τὴν παρυπάτην κεχρῆσθαι συμφώνως,
μὴ γνωρίζοντας τὴν χρῆσιν: ἀλλὰ δῆλον ὅτι
τὸ τοῦ κάλλους ἦθος, ὃ γίγνεται ἐν τῷ σπονδειακῷ
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1895. 6.
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