Note 41 — § 32. Remains of Greek Music.

I need not repeat what is said by Dr. Wessely and M. Ruelle in defence of the genuineness of our fragment. They justly point to the remarkable coincidence that the music of this very play is quoted by Dionysius of Halicarnassus (l. c.). It would almost seem as if it was the only well-known specimen of music of the classical period of tragedy.

The transcription of Dr. Crusius, with his conjectural restorations, will be found in the Appendix. I have only introduced one of his corrections here, viz. the note on the second syllable of kateklysen.