The present abridgement however, will contain all that is of use to the reader, for the biographical value of the treatise is most insignificant.
3 -- _I.e._ both of composing and reciting verses for as Blair observes, "The first poets sang their own verses." Sextus Empir.adv.Mus.

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360 ed.Fabric.Ou hamelei ge toi kai oi poiaetai melopoioi legontai, kai ta Omaerou epae to palai pros lyran aedeto.
"The voice," observes Heeren, "was always accompanied by some instrument.

The bard was provided with a harp on which he played a prelude, to elevate and inspire his mind, and with which he accompanied the song when begun.

His voice probably preserved a medium between singing and recitation; the words, and not the melody were regarded by the listeners, hence it was necessary for him to remain intelligible to all.

In countries where nothing similar is found, it is difficult to represent such scenes to the mind; but whoever has had an opportunity of listening to the improvisation of Italy, can easily form an idea of Demodocus and Phemius."-- _Ancient Greece,_ p.