The Deipnosophists; Or, Banquet of the Learned, Volume 3H. G. Bohn, 1854 - 1252 pages |
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Page 872
... Aristoxenus the musician , in his Life of Archytas , represents ambassadors as having been sent by Dionysius the younger to the city of the Tarentines , among whom was Polyarchus , who was surnamed the Luxurious , a man wholly devoted ...
... Aristoxenus the musician , in his Life of Archytas , represents ambassadors as having been sent by Dionysius the younger to the city of the Tarentines , among whom was Polyarchus , who was surnamed the Luxurious , a man wholly devoted ...
Page 889
... Aristoxenus ; who were pre- ceded in it by Aristotle , who relates the same story in his 1 dipuns meaning , " of double nature . " treatise on Nobleness of Birth . Unless perhaps this licence c . 2. ] 889 LACEDÆMONIAN MARRIAGES ,
... Aristoxenus ; who were pre- ceded in it by Aristotle , who relates the same story in his 1 dipuns meaning , " of double nature . " treatise on Nobleness of Birth . Unless perhaps this licence c . 2. ] 889 LACEDÆMONIAN MARRIAGES ,
Page 988
... Aristoxenus , in the fourth book of his treatise on Music , says " Anciently the women used to sing a kind of song called Calyca . Now , this was a poem of Stesichorus , in which a damsel of the name of Calyca , being in love with a ...
... Aristoxenus , in the fourth book of his treatise on Music , says " Anciently the women used to sing a kind of song called Calyca . Now , this was a poem of Stesichorus , in which a damsel of the name of Calyca , being in love with a ...
Page 989
... Aristoxenus says that Ma- godus is the name given to an actor who acts both male and female characters ; 1 but that he who acts a woman's part in 1 There is probably some corruption in this passage : it is clearly unintelligible as it ...
... Aristoxenus says that Ma- godus is the name given to an actor who acts both male and female characters ; 1 but that he who acts a woman's part in 1 There is probably some corruption in this passage : it is clearly unintelligible as it ...
Page 991
... Aristoxenus says that the business of singing joyous songs is a respectable one , and somewhat akin to tragedy ; but that the business of a Magodus is more like comedy . And very often it happens that the Magodi , taking the argument of ...
... Aristoxenus says that the business of singing joyous songs is a respectable one , and somewhat akin to tragedy ; but that the business of a Magodus is more like comedy . And very often it happens that the Magodi , taking the argument of ...
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