Research Catalog

Title

Porphyry's commentary on Ptolemy's Harmonics : a Greek text and annotated translation / Andrew Barker.

Author

Porphyry, approximately 234-approximately 305

Publication

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Holdings

Details

Additional Authors

Barker, Andrew, 1943-2021

Description

vii, 581 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

"The only surviving ancient commentary on technical text, is not merely a study of Ptolemy's Harmonics. It includes virtually free-standing philosophical essays on epistemology, metaphysics, scientific methodology, aspects of the Aristotelian categories and the relations between Aristotle's views and Plato's, and a host of briefer comments on other matters of wide philosophical interest."--Page 4 of cover.

Alternative Title

Commentary on Ptolemy's Harmonics

Subject

• Ptolemy, active 2nd century
• Porphyry, approximately 234-approximately 305
• Harmonics (Ptolemy)
• Music theory > Early works to 1800
• Music, Greek and Roman > History and criticism > Early works to 1800
• Music, Greek and Roman
• Music theory
• Harmonica (Ptolemaeus)
• Commentaren (vorm)
• Music theory > Early works to 1800
• Music, Greek and Roman > Sources
• Harmonics (Music)

Genre/Form

• Criticism, interpretation, etc.
• Early works

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 564-569) and index.

Language (note)

• Parallel Ancient Greek text with English translation.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Text and Translation -- Porphyry's commentary on Ptolemy's Harmonics Book I -- Porphyry's commentary on Ptolemy's Harmonics Book II.

ISBN

• 9781107003859
• 1107003857

LCCN

2016560470

OCLC

• 898153996
• SCSB-10142712

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library