# Musica 1

Claudius Ptolemaeus, Musica, Paragraph 1. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/claudius-ptolemaeus/musica/1

Ἀρχὴ τῶν μουσικῶν λόγων ἐστὶν ὁ η ἀριθμὸς καί εἰσιν ὅροι τοῦ κοσμικοῦ συστήματος οὗτοι· α ἀριθμὸς ὁ η ἔχει ἐπόγδοον τὸν θ ἀριθμὸν, ὑπερέχει μονάδι ὁ θ τοῦ η, β ὁ ιβ ἡμιόλιος τοῦ η, ἐπίτριτος τοῦ θ, ὑπερέχει γ τοῦ θ, γ ὁ ιϚ ἐπίτριτος τοῦ ιβ, ὑπεροχὴ δ, δ ὁ ιη ἡμιόλιος τοῦ ιβ, ὑπεροχὴ Ϛ, ε ὁ κα τοῦ θ διπλασιεπίτριτος, ὑπεροχὴ ιβ, ϛ ὁ κδ ἐπίτριτος τοῦ ιη, ὑπεροχὴ Ϛ, ζ ὁ λβ ἐπίτριτος τοῦ κδ, ὑπεροχὴ η, η ὁ λϚ διπλάσιος τοῦ ιη, ἡμιόλιος τοῦ κδ, ὑπεροχὴ ιβ.

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Claudius Ptolemaeus, Musica, ed. Karl von Jan. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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