[35]The sense of sound differs in different ears. In Chappell’s Histy. of Music, page 251, an account is given of a wire of sixty-four feet in length, arranged by Sir F. A. Gore Ouseley, to sound the C, four octaves below C in the bass clef. The note was inaudible, but when taken at half length some of the listeners heard it, while at quarter length it was audible to all.
[36]See Lucian, Auction of Philosophers. Some say two years.
[37]Women were also admitted, but probably only to attendance on lectures, not to membership.
[38]Legum II.
[39]Lloyd, Ages of Pericles, Vol. 2, p. 239.
[40]See Lucian, Lapithæ.
[41]Ottfried Müller, V. I, p. 343.
[42]Socrates intimates that the hiring of a large retinue of servants, and the purchase of an expensive flute, went very far towards establishing a reputation as a skillful flutist.
[43]Physcon was a nickname signifying thick belly.
[44]Müller, Gesch. d. Griech. Lit. v. 1, p. 380.