# περὶ Μουσικῆς 44

Pseudo-Plutarch, περὶ Μουσικῆς, Section 44. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/pseudo-plutarch/text/44

ἀλλὰ δὴ καὶ τὸ μέγιστον ὑμῖν, ὦ ἑταῖροι, καὶ μάλιστα σεμνοτάτην ἀποφαῖνον μουσικὴν παραλέλειπται. τὴν γὰρ τῶν ὄντων φορὰν καὶ τὴν τῶν ἀστέρων κίνησιν οἱ περὶ Πυθαγόραν καὶ Ἀρχύταν καὶ Πλάτωνα καὶ οἱ λοιποὶ τῶν ἀρχαίων φιλοσόφων οὐκ ἄνευ μουσικῆς γίγνεσθαι καὶ συνεστάναι ἔφασκον πάντα γὰρ καθʼ ἁρμονίαν ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ κατεσκευάσθαι φασίν. ἄκαιρον δʼ ἂν εἴη νῦν ἐπεκτείνειν τοὺς περὶ τούτου λόγους· ἀνώτατον δὲ καὶ μουσικώτατον τὸ παντὶ τὸ προσῆκον μέτρον ἐπιτιθέναι. ταῦτʼ εἰπὼν ἐπαιώνισε, καὶ σπείσας τῷ Κρόνῳ καὶ τοῖς τούτου παισὶ σὺν θεοῖς πᾶσι καὶ Μούσαις ἀπέλυσε τοὺς ἑστιωμένους.

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Pseudo-Plutarch, περὶ Μουσικῆς, ed. Grēgorios N. Vernardakēs. 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/tlg0094.tlg002.local001/.