Note 8 — § 15. The Systems of Greek Music.

This is especially evident in the case of the Lichanos; as was observed by Aristides Quintilianus, who says (p. 10 Meib.): hai kai tô genei lichanoi prosêgoreuthêsan, homônymôs tô plêttonti daktylô tên êchousan autas chordên onomastheisai. But Tritê also is doubtless originally the 'third string' rather than the 'third note.'