παύσασθαι γὰρ ἔδει τὰ νείκη καὶ τὴν στάσιν, καθάπερ ἐλέγομεν. ἐοίκασιν οὖν οἱ πολλοὶ τὴν ἐπιστήμην ἀποδιδόναι ταῖς συνουσίαις ἐπανορθώσεως χάριν καὶ ὠφελείας : ἀλλὰ μὴν οἱ ἀρχαῖοι καὶ
φόρμιγγος περικαλλέος, ἣν ἔχ᾽ Ἀπόλλων,
Μουσάων θ᾽, αἳ ἄειδον ἀμειβόμεναι ὀπὶ καλῇ.
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ποιεῖ πρᾳότητα καὶ χαρὰν ἐλευθέριον, ὅθεν καὶ Ὅμηρος εἰσήγαγε τοὺς θεοὺς χρωμένους ἐν τοῖς πρώτοις τῆς Ἰλιάδος τῇ μουσικῇ, μετὰ γὰρ τὴν περὶ τὸν Ἀχιλλέα φιλοτιμίαν διετέλουν ἀκροώμενοι
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