Harmonic Introduction by Cleonides is probably the most popular Ancient Greek text on music theory. Written in Aristoxe- nian tradition, it contains a full set of definitions (with brief explanations) related to harmonics, the leading discipline of the scientific mousike ramplex. The present paper includes preface (brief survey of 500 years of Cleonidian studies, review of authorship and dating problems) by Sergey Lebedev and the new Russian translation of Cleonides’ text (with explanatory notes) by Vyacheslav Tsypin.
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