# De Musica Librorum Quae Exstant VIII 17 fr. 16 B ═ VIII 147 fr. 8 A

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philodemus/de-musica-librorum-quae-exstant/VIII%2017%20fr.%2016%20B%20%E2%95%90%20VIII%20147%20fr.%208%20A

τρόπον ἡ μ[ουϲ]ικὴ μ[ετ]ὰ
ὅτου δήπο[τε τ]ῶν τὰϲ αἰϲ[θή-
ϲειϲ γαργα[λιζό]ντων ἡδ[έων.
καὶ τοὺϲ ἠ[πι]οῦϲθαι λέγο[ν-
ταϲ ἡμᾶ[ϲ ὑπὸ] τῆϲ μουϲικῆϲ,
τῶν ψυχ[ῶ]ν μαλαττομέ-
νων καὶ τ||ῆϲ ἀγριότητοϲ ἀ-
φαιρουμ[έν]ηϲ, ὑπερευήθειϲ
ἄν] τιϲ ἡγ[ήϲ]αιτο· μόνοϲ γὰρ
ὁ διδάϲκ[ω]ν λόγοϲ τὸ μη-
δένων ἀν . . ων ἢ δεινῶν ἀ-
νάπλα[ϲιν] τὴν φύϲιν ἐνη-
νοχένα[ι], τῶν δ᾿ ἐνηνεγμέ-
νων μ[η]δὲν εἶναι παρὰ μέ-
γα τέλ|||οϲ μέ[νον] τελεί-
ωϲ τα[ῦτ]||α ποιεῖ. [ϲυγ]κόπτων
δὲ κου||φίζει κατὰ λόγον, ἡ-
δονὴ δ᾿ οὐχ . . . . . . . . . . . .

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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.
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