In the context of a heurematographic catalogue Ps.-Plutarch (Mus. 15, 1136b-c) credits Melanippides of Melus, instead of the legendary aulete Olympus, with the invention of the epikedeion for Python in Lydian harmony. This implausible account is probably due to the compiler's misunderstanding of his source, a mistake analogous to other cases in the treatise (1136d and 1136e): in the light of these, it is more reasonable to think of Melanippides as the source of the story concerning the invention of the epikedeion than as its inventor.

Ercoles, M. (2017). [Plut.] Mus. 15, 1136b-c: un nuovo frammento di Melanippide?. QUADERNI URBINATI DI CULTURA CLASSICA, 146(3), 37-44 [10.19272/201706403002].

[Plut.] Mus. 15, 1136b-c: un nuovo frammento di Melanippide?

Ercoles, Marco
2017

Abstract

In the context of a heurematographic catalogue Ps.-Plutarch (Mus. 15, 1136b-c) credits Melanippides of Melus, instead of the legendary aulete Olympus, with the invention of the epikedeion for Python in Lydian harmony. This implausible account is probably due to the compiler's misunderstanding of his source, a mistake analogous to other cases in the treatise (1136d and 1136e): in the light of these, it is more reasonable to think of Melanippides as the source of the story concerning the invention of the epikedeion than as its inventor.
2017
Ercoles, M. (2017). [Plut.] Mus. 15, 1136b-c: un nuovo frammento di Melanippide?. QUADERNI URBINATI DI CULTURA CLASSICA, 146(3), 37-44 [10.19272/201706403002].
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