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These things are reported by Scamo of Mitylene, Theophras- 
tus of Ephesus, Cydippus of Mantinea, also Antiphanes, 
Aristodemus, and Aristotle, and besides these, Philoste- 
phanus, and also Strato the Peripatetic, in his books con- 
corning inventions. I have added a few details from them, 
in order to confirm the inventive and practically useful 
genius of the barbarians, by whom the Greeks'profited in their 
studies. And if anyone objects to the barbarous language 
Anacharsis says, ‘All the Greeks speak Scythian to me.’ It was 
he who was held in admiration by the Greeks who said, ‘My 
covering is a cloak; my supper, milk and cheese.’ You see that 
the barbarian philosophy professes deeds, not words. The 
apostle thus speaks : ‘So likewise ye, except ye utter by 
the tongue a word easy to be understood, how shall ye know 
what is spoken ? for ye shall speak into the air. There are, 
it may be, so many kind of voices in the world, and none of 
them is without signification. Therefore if I know not the 
meaning of the voice, I shall be unto him that speaketh a 
barbarian, and he that speaketh shall be a barbarian unto 
me,’ and ‘Let him that speaketh in an unknown tongue 
pray that he may interpret.’ Nay more, it was late before 
the teaching and writing of discourses reached Greece. 
Alcmseon, the son of Perithus, of Crotona, first composed a 
treatise on nature. And it is related that Anaxagoras of 
Clazomense, the son of Hegesibulus, first published a book 
in writing. The first to adapt music to poetical 
compositions was Terpanda of Antissa; and he set the 
laws of the Lacedaemonians to music. Lasus of Her- 
mione invented the dithyramb ; Stesichorus of Himera, 
the hymn; Aleman the Spartan, the choral song; Ana- 
creon of Teos, love songs ; Pindar the Theban, the dance 
accompanied with song. Timotheus of Meletus was 
the first to execute those musical compositions called 
vofioL on the lyre, with dancing. Moreover, the iambus 
was invented by Archilochus of Paros, and the choli- 
ambus by Hipponax of Ephesus. Tragedy owed its origin 
to Thespis the Athenian, and comedy to Susarion of Icaria. 
Their dates are handed down by the grammarians. But 
