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This is the English version of this article translated by Patrick Hogan. The original Italian version was written by Eleonora Rocconi and first published on 23/05/2005.

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Some Late Antique sources like Proclus¹, Marinus², and, in the Byzantine Era, Theodorus Metochites mention a work on music by the mathematician Euclides³ (Αἱ κατὰ μουσικὴν στοιχείωσις or Μουσικῆς στοιχεῖα). These testimonia have asserted that the au…