The song of Chiron and the ethos of music. Note on Silius Italicus XI 453-458
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https://doi.org/10.3989/emerita.2012.20.1206Keywords:
Flavian epic, Silius Italicus, textual criticism, ancient music and educationAbstract
Despite the transpositions proposed by several editors, lines XI 453-458 of Silius Italicus’ Punica, which attribute to the Centaur Chiron a cosmological song, make sense if they are understood as a literary stylization of ancient doctrines about the moral effects and pedagogical value of music.
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