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 Lyra Graeca Volume I. Translated by Edmonds, J M. Loeb Classical Library Volume 28. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1922. Lyra Graeca Volume I. Translated by Edmonds, J M. Loeb Classical Library Volume 28. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1922.
  
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 [on Colophon]: According to Pindar, Polymnastus was one of the famous musicians; for he says: “Thou knowest the world-wide saying of Polymnastus the man of Colophon.” 28 [on Colophon]: According to Pindar, Polymnastus was one of the famous musicians; for he says: “Thou knowest the world-wide saying of Polymnastus the man of Colophon.” 28
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 Plutarch On Music 3 : Plutarch On Music 3 :
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 The successor of Terpander and Clonas is given as Archilochus. But some historians make out that Ardalus of Troezen composed music for flute and voice before the time of Clonas, and that the poet Polymnastus son of Meles of Colophon flourished before his day and composed the Polymnastian nome. The claim of Clonas to be the author of the Special nome and the Rope-Song is borne out by the compilers of the registers, and Polymnastus is mentioned by two of the lyric poets, Pindar and Alcman. The successor of Terpander and Clonas is given as Archilochus. But some historians make out that Ardalus of Troezen composed music for flute and voice before the time of Clonas, and that the poet Polymnastus son of Meles of Colophon flourished before his day and composed the Polymnastian nome. The claim of Clonas to be the author of the Special nome and the Rope-Song is borne out by the compilers of the registers, and Polymnastus is mentioned by two of the lyric poets, Pindar and Alcman.
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 Pausanias Description of Greece 1. 14. 4 : Pausanias Description of Greece 1. 14. 4 :
  
 The Thales who stayed the plague at Sparta . . . according to Polymnastus of Colophon, who composed some epic lines upon him for the Spartans, was a native of Gortyn. The Thales who stayed the plague at Sparta . . . according to Polymnastus of Colophon, who composed some epic lines upon him for the Spartans, was a native of Gortyn.
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 Plutarch On Music 8 : Plutarch On Music 8 :
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 Polymnastus is credited with the invention of what is now called the Hypolydian mode, and is said to have greatly increased the three-quarter-tone lowering, and five-quarter-tone raising, of notes in the scale.29 Polymnastus is credited with the invention of what is now called the Hypolydian mode, and is said to have greatly increased the three-quarter-tone lowering, and five-quarter-tone raising, of notes in the scale.29
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 Aristophanes Knights 1281 : Aristophanes Knights 1281 :
  
 . . . That scoundrel Ariphrades . . . and doing, not singing, the “Polymnestian” and consorting with Oeonichus. Now whoever is not utterly disgusted by such a man as this, shall never drink out of the same cup as I.30 . . . That scoundrel Ariphrades . . . and doing, not singing, the “Polymnestian” and consorting with Oeonichus. Now whoever is not utterly disgusted by such a man as this, shall never drink out of the same cup as I.30
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 Hesychius Glossary : Hesychius Glossary :
  
 To sing the Polymnestian: This was a kind of musical piece. Polymnestus was a lyric poet of Colophon, of a very merry type. To sing the Polymnestian: This was a kind of musical piece. Polymnestus was a lyric poet of Colophon, of a very merry type.
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 Suidas Lexicon : Suidas Lexicon :
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