τὸν ῥα Τέρπανδρός ποθ᾽ ὁ Λέσβιος εὗρε
πρῶτος ἐν δείπνοισι Λυδῶν
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αὐτὸν μνημονεύειν, Φρυγίου τε καὶ Δωρίου καὶ Λυδίου: ταύταις γὰρ μόναις τὸν Ἀνακρέοντα κεχρῆσθαι: ὧν ζ᾽ χορδαῖς ἑκάστης περαινομένης εἰκότως φάναι ψάλλειν αὐτὸν κ᾽ χορδαῖς, τῷ ἀρτίῳ χρησάμενον ἀριθμῷ τὴν μίαν ἀφελόντα. ἀγνοεῖ δ᾽ ὁ Ποσειδώνιος ὅτι ἀρχαῖόν ἐστιν ὄργανον ἡ μάγαδις, σαφῶς Πινδάρου λέγοντος τὸν Τέρπανδρον ἀντίφθογγον εὑρεῖν τῇ παρὰ Λυδοῖς πηκτίδι τὸν βάρβιτον
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