ε410Ἐκκέκοφθ' ἡ μουσική
the culture has been cut out
They say that whereas the ancients engaged in philological enquiry during their symposia, their successors introduced the singing-girls and kithara-girls and dancing-girls. Hence some people used to use this saying when…
Ἐκκέκοφθ' ἡ μουσική· φασὶν ὅτι τῶν παλαιῶν ἐν τοῖς συμποσίοις φιλολόγῳ ζητήσει χρωμένων, οἱ ὕστερον τὰς μουσουργοὺς καὶ κιθαριστρίας καὶ ὀρχηστρίας ἐπεισήγαγον. ὅθεν τὴν…