Ancient Greek · ~1 min
Section 65
Aristotle, Ἐκ τοῦ περὶ ἀκουστῶν 65
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Λιγυραὶ δʼ εἰσὶ τῶν φωνῶν αἰ λεπταὶ καὶ πυκναί, καθάπερ καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν τεττίγων καὶ τῶν ἀκρίδων καὶ αἱ τῶν ἀηδόνων, καὶ ὅλως. ὅσαις λεπταῖς οὔσαις μηθεὶς ἀλλότριος ἧχος παρακολουθεῖ. Ὄλως γὰρ οὐκ ἔστιν οὔτʼ ἐν ὄγκῳ φωνῆς τὸ λιγυρόν, οὔτʼ ἐν τόνοις ἀνιεμένοις καὶ βαρέσιν, οὔτʼ ἐν ταῖς τῶν φθόγγων ἁφαῖς, ἀλλὰ μάλλον ὀξύτητι καὶ λεπτότητι καὶ ἀκριβείᾳ.