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The Creation of Order » Query: 5. Music, Temperament, and Social Concord

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Croton went to war with Sybaris. On this topic, Athenaeus^[1] (XII.3–41) repeated an anecdote that shows the power of music, so much praised by the Pythagoreans.

If you know of a source with a closer translation to the quoted text, please let us know. This is pretty close to the cited text version (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists: Or Banquet of the Learned of Athenaeus, C.D. Yonge [tr.], Vol. 3 [London: 1854], via Tufts University’s Perseus Digital Library Project, Book XII, Chapter 1), but not exact.

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↑ Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists: Or Banquet of the Learned of Athenaeus, C.D. Yonge (tr.), Vol. 3 (London: 1854), via Tufts University’s Perseus Digital Library Project, Book XII, Chapter 1.

[1] Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists: Or Banquet of the Learned of Athenaeus, C.D. Yonge (tr.), Vol. 3 (London: 1854), via Tufts University’s Perseus Digital Library Project, Book XII, Chapter 1.

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