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ἡ μὲν οὖν πρώτη κατάστασις τῶν περὶ τὴν μουσικὴν ἐν τῇ Σπάρτῃ, Τερπάνδρου καταστήσαντος,
γεγένηται: τῆς δευτέρας δὲ Θαλήτας τε ὁ Γορτύνιος
καὶ,Ξενόδαμος ὁ Κυθήριος; καὶ,Ξενόκριτος ὁ Λοκρὸς
καὶ Πολύμνηστος ὁ Κολοφώνιος καὶ Σακάδας ὁ Ἀργεῖος
μάλιστα αἰτίαν ἔχουσιν ἡγεμόνες γενέσθαι: τούτων γὰρ εἰσηγησαμένων τὰ περὶ τὰς γυμνοπαιδίας
τὰς ἐν Λακεδαίμονι λέγεται κατασταθῆναι; τὰ περὶ τὰς ἀποδείξεις τὰς ἐν Ἀρκαδίᾳ, τῶν τε ἐν
Ἄργει τὰ ἐνδυμάτια καλούμενα. ἦσαν δ᾽ οἱ περὶ Θαλήταν τε καὶ Ξενόδαμον καὶ Ξενόκριτον ποιηταὶ παιάνων, οἱ δὲ περὶ Πολύμνηστον τῶν ὀρθίων
καλουμένων, οἱ δὲ περὶ Σακάδαν ἐλεγείων. ἄλλοι
δὲ Ξενόδαμον ὑπορχημάτων ποιητὴν γεγονέναι φασὶ
καὶ οὐ παιάνων, καθάπερ Πρατίνας: καὶ αὐτοῦ δὲ
[p. 496] τοῦ Ξενοδάμου ἀπομνημονεύεται ᾆσμα, ὃ ἐδτι φανερῶς ὑπόρχημα. κέχρηται δὲ τῷ γένει τῆς ποιήσεως
ταύτης καὶ Πίνδαρος: ὁ δὲ παιὰν ὅτι διαφορὰν ἔχει πρὸς τὰ ὑπορχήματα, τὰ Πινδάρου ποιήματα
δηλώσει: γέγραφε γὰρ καὶ παιᾶνας καὶ ὑπορχήματα
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1895. 6.
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