# De Musica Librorum Quae Exstant 4

Philodemus, De Musica Librorum Quae Exstant, Libri primi quae uidentur fragmenta.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philodemus/de-musica-librorum-quae-exstant/4

καὶ πρὸϲ [ϲυνουϲίαϲ . . . . ἐκ-
καλεῖϲ[θαι καὶ ἄνδραϲ καὶ γυ-
ναῖκαϲ κα[ὶ νέουϲ ὡραίουϲ
εἰϲ γυναικιϲ[μόν . . . . . Ἀγά-
θωνοϲ ἀκατ . . . . . . . . . [οἱ
κωμικοὶ κα . . . . . . . . . . .
καὶ Δημοκρ[ίτου. Νίκαν-
δρον δὲ τὸν [οὐ μόνον . . . ἐ-
πιδει[κ]νυμε[ν . . . . . . . . . .
ἔργοιϲ διδάξ[αντα . . . . ἀλ-
λὰ καὶ . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . .
fortasse: ἀ]λλ᾿ ἡ μ[ουϲικὴ δυ-
νατή [ἐϲτιν παραμυθεῖϲθαι
τὰϲ ἐν ἔ[ρωτι δυϲπραξίαϲ
. . . . . . . . . . .
ἔρωτα . . . . . . . . . . . [πονη-
ρῶ[ϲ] πολλοῖ〈ϲ〉 ὑπ[έκκαυμα γί-
νεεθαι. [ὅτι] δὲ τὸ μ[έλοϲ ϲυμ-
βάλλε[τ]αι πρὸ[ϲ τὴν ἐρωτι-
κὴν ἀρετήν, [δηλοῦν προϲη-
κόντωϲ καὶ μία[ν τῶν Μου-
ϲῶν Ἐρατὼ . . . . . . . . . . . . .
δὲ τοῦτ᾿ ἀξι[οῖ ϲυνεργεῖν καὶ
πρὸϲ τὴν ϲυμπο[τικὴν ἀρε-
τήν· τοῦ γὰρ ἔρω[τοϲ καὶ κα-
θόλου τῶν ἐρωτ[ικῶν . . .
[οὐ- δ᾿ εὑρεθῆ[ναι πρεπωδεϲτέραν
ἐλευθέρ[οιϲ] . . ἄλλ[η]ν ἄνεϲ[ιν
καὶ παιδειὰ[ν] τοῦ τὸν μὲν ἀ-
ϲαι, τὸν δὲ κιθαρίϲαι, τὸν δὲ
χορεῦϲαι. καὶ γὰρ εἰ μή τιϲ ἐπι-
τηδεύοι, τὸν οἶνον ἐ[κκ]αλεῖ[ϲ-
θα]ι ,,πολύφρονά [περ μάλ᾿ ἀεῖ-
ϲαι] καί θ᾿ ἁπαλὸν [γελάϲαι
καί] τ᾿ ὀρχήϲαϲθαι“, ταῦ[τα μὲν
ποιεῖν . . . . [ἐξ ἀν]άγκ[ηϲ, ἄλ-
ληϲ δὲ δι[αγωγῆ]ϲ οὐ . . . .

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Philodemus, De Musica Librorum Quae Exstant, ed. Johannes Kemke. 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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg1595.tlg221.local001/.