Aristoxenus
4th century BC Greek Peripatetic philosopher · Academics · Lived 360 BC to 300 BC · aged 60
Aristoxenus of Tarentum was a Greek Peripatetic philosopher, and a pupil of Aristotle. Most of his writings, which dealt with philosophy, ethics and music, have been lost, but one musical treatise, Elements of Harmony, survives incomplete, as well as some fragments concerning rhythm and meter.
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The Elements is the chief source of our knowledge of ancient Greek music.
