# De Musica Librorum Quae Exstant 7-6

Philodemus, De Musica Librorum Quae Exstant, Libri primi quae uidentur fragmenta., lines 7-6. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philodemus/de-musica-librorum-quae-exstant/7

χρηϲίμωϲ κινεῖϲθαί τε καὶ
ἠρεμεῖν τῷ ϲώματι τῆϲ [γυ-
μναϲτικῆϲ καὶ τὰϲ ἐπὶ τού-
των τεταγμέναϲ αἰϲθήϲειϲ
κριτικὰϲ ποιεῖν· ὑπὸ δὲ τῆϲ
γραφικῆϲ τὴν ὄψιν διδάϲκε-
ϲθαι καλῶϲ κρίνειν πολλὰ
τῶν ὁρατῶν, τῆϲ δὲ μουϲι-
κῆϲ τὸ μὲν ἀναγκαῖον η . .
. . . τούτων ἔχειν, τὸ δὲ [κ]α[ὶ
τὰ] μάλιϲτ᾿, ἐάν τιϲ ἐπιβο[λῇ
. . . . τῃ χρῆται. δοκεῖν
προιῆ, τὰϲ δὲ μ . . .
. . . . ϲπονδα . . . . . .
μένων εἶναι κα . . .
τῶν λοιπῶν ἐπι . . .
των, μετὰ δὲ . . . . .
εἰπὼν ϲυνάψειν . . .
πρὸϲ ἀνθρωπο . . . . .
μουϲικῆ ὅτι μ[ετατί-
θηϲί πωϲ τὴν ἀ . . .
καὶ φύϲει πᾶϲι φ . . .
. ναι φηϲιν, ὅτ[ι . . .
ωϲ διατίθενται . . .
ὑπ]ὸ τῆϲ αὐτῆϲ μ . . .
. . . . θαυμαϲτό . . .
. . οὐ δῆλον

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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/.