μουσική

English (LSJ)

(sc. τέχνη), ἡ,

   A any art over which the Muses presided, esp. poetry sung to music, Pi.O.1.15, Hdt.6.129; μουσικῆς ἀγών Th.3.104, cf. IG12.84.16, etc.; ποίησις ἡ κατὰ μουσικήν Pl.Smp.196e, cf. 205c; τίς ἡ τέχνη, ἧς τὸ κιθαρίζειν καὶ τὸ ᾄδειν καὶ τὸ ἐμβαίνειν ὀρθῶς; Answ. μουσικήν μοι δοκεῖς λέγειν Id.Alc.1.108d.    2 = ἀγὼν μουσικῆς, IG 12(9).189.8 (Eretria, iv B. C.).    II generally, art or letters, μουσικῇ καὶ πάσῃ φιλοσοφίᾳ προσχρώμενος Pl.Ti.88c, cf. Phd.61a, Prt.340a; μουσική, γράμματα, γυμναστική, as three branches of education, Id.R.403c, cf. X.Lac.2.1; with γραφική added, Arist.Pol.1337b24; ἐν μουσικῇ καὶ γυμναστικῇ παιδεύειν Pl.Cri.50d: metaph., εὑρὼν ἀκριβῆ μ. ἐν ἀσπίδι E.Supp.906.