Harmonics / / Ptolemy ; translation and commentary by Jon Solomon.

• Superior document: Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum, 203
• Author: Ptolemy, active 2nd century.
• TeilnehmendeR: Solomon, Jon, 1950-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2000.
• Year of Publication: 2000
• Language: English; Ancient Greek
• Series: Mnemosyne, Supplements 203.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxxvii, 192 pages) :; illustrations.
• Other title: Harmonics.; Preliminary Material --; Book I --; Book II --; Book III --; Bibliography --; Index of Greek Terms --; Index of Manuscripts and Papyri Cited --; General Index --; Supplements to Mnemosyne /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-179) and indexes.
• ISBN: 9004351167
• ISSN: 0169-8958
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Ptolemy ; translation and commentary by Jon Solomon.

Ptolemy's comprehensive treatises on astronomy and geography were influential for nearly two millennia. Equally influential was his treatise on harmonics, the ancient science which combined and brought to completion the study of philosophy and science. This volume offers a comprehensive English translation and commentary of Ptolemy's Harmonics . The treatise begins with Ptolemy's study of pitches and intervals, for which he extracts both an idealized musical scale and a new acoustical tool. After discussing modulation, he expands his horizons by applying musical intervals to the human soul and celestial bodies, ultimately describing a cosmic harmony. The English translation faithfully reproduces Ptolemy's style and includes all the charts surviving in the manuscript tradition. The commentary offers a full exegesis of the text, loci paralleli, and citations of modern scholarly sources.