Cleonides (Greek: Κλεονείδης) is the author of a Greek treatise on music theory titled
The attribution of the Eisagōgē in some manuscripts to Euclid or Pappus is incompatible with the Aristoxenian approach adopted in the treatise. A few manuscripts name a "Zosimus" as the author.[1]
Cleonides' treatise is the clearest account of the technical aspects of Aristoxenus's musical theory.[1][2]
References
edit- ^ a b c Jon Solomon, "Cleonides [Kleoneidēs]", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001).
- ^ Thomas J. Mathiesen, Apollo's Lyre: Greek Music and Music Theory in Antiquity and the Middle Ages (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press), page. 366.
External links
edit- English translation of the treatise by O.Strunk, at attalus.org