Aristoxenus

Aristoxenus of Tarentum was a Greek Peripatetic philosopher, and a pupil of Aristotle. Most of his writings, which dealt with philosophy, ethics and music, have been lost, but one musical treatise, Elements of Harmony, survives incomplete, as well as some fragments concerning rhythm and meter.

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Who was born first?

• Aristoxenus and Autolycus of Pitane were born the same year
• Aristoxenus was born 10 years before Eudemus of Rhodes
• Aristoxenus was born 10 years after Callippus of Cyzicus
• Aristoxenus was born 11 years after Theophrastus
• Aristoxenus was born 20 years after Menaechmus

Timeline

1. Menaechmuscirca 380 BC – circa 320 BC
2. Theophrastuscirca 371 BC – 287 BC
3. Callippus of Cyzicuscirca 370 BC – circa 310 BC
4. Aristoxenus (this page)circa 360 BC – circa 300 BC
5. Autolycus of Pitanecirca 360 BC – circa 290 BC
6. Eudemus of Rhodescirca 350 BC – circa 290 BC

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