Note 12 — BOOK X.
Rowland Smith translation
So, Theocritus—"Σύριγγ' ἔχω εννεάφωνον." Idyl. viii. 21.
The shepherd's pipe was in general composed of seven unequal reeds compacted with wax, and consequently was only seven-toned.
"Est mihi disparibus septem compacta cicutis Fistula."—Virg. Ec. ii. 36.