Aristoxenus

A modern imagining of the appearance of Aristoxenus.

Aristoxenus of Tarentum (Greek: Ἀριστόξενος ὁ Ταραντῖνος; born c. 375, fl. 335 BC) 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 (Greek: Ἁρμονικὰ στοιχεῖα; Latin: Elementa harmonica), survives incomplete, as well as some fragments concerning rhythm and meter. The Elements is the chief source of our knowledge of ancient Greek music.[1]

  1. ^ "Aristoxenus of Tarentum". Chambers's Encyclopædia. Vol. 1. London, UK: George Newnes Ltd. 1961. p. 593.