# De Musica Librorum Quae Exstant 8

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/8

. . . . . τὰ κατὰ τὰϲ o . . . .
καὶ τὰ μ[ε]θ᾿ [ἡ]δονῆϲ καὶ [λύ-
πηϲ ἐντυγ[χαν . . . . . . . . . . ἐ-
πειδὴ τῶν οἰκείων δ . . .
ϲων οὐκ ἔξωθεν ἀλλ᾿ ἐ . .
τιν ἔχομεν τὰϲ αἰτίαϲ· [τῶν
δὲ κοινῶν εἶναί τι καὶ [τὴν
μουϲικήν· πάνταϲ γὰρ [Ἕλ-
ληνάϲ τε καὶ βαρβάρου[ϲ οὐ-
τῇ χρῆϲθαι καὶ κατὰ [πᾶ-
ϲαν, ὡϲ εἰπεῖν, ἡλικίαν. [ἤδη
γὰρ πρὸ τοῦ λογιϲμὸν ἔ[χειν
καὶ ϲύνεϲιν ἅπτεϲθα[ι τὴν
μουϲικὴν δύναμιν . . . . . . .

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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/.