Harmonia
[ hahr-moh-nee-uh ]
nounClassical Mythology.
the daughter of Ares and Aphrodite and wife of Cadmus.
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The few writers (such as Plutarch) who use both tonos and Harmonia do not observe any consistent distinction between them.
The Modes of Ancient Greek Music | David Binning MonroIn the earlier writers, down to and including Aristotle, Harmonia is used, never tonos.
The Modes of Ancient Greek Music | David Binning MonroThe usage of the words Harmonia and tonos is never such as to suggest that they refer to different things.
The Modes of Ancient Greek Music | David Binning MonroIn Aristoxenus and his school we find tonos, and in later writers tropos, but not Harmonia.
The Modes of Ancient Greek Music | David Binning MonroThat is to say, Harmonia in Pollux has the same meaning as Harmonia in the Anonymus, and is equivalent to tonos.
The Modes of Ancient Greek Music | David Binning Monro
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