On this page you'll find 6 example sentences with Aristoxenus. Discover how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Aristoxenus in a sentence
Context around Aristoxenus
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 4 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Aristoxenus
- In this selection, "aristoxenus" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, eritrea, greek, describes and cast stand out and add context to how "aristoxenus" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include aristotle and aristoxenus cast doubt and aristoxenus describes the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "aristoxenus" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with aristoxenus
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Critical ancient sources like Aristotle and Aristoxenus cast doubt on these writings. (12 words)
Aristoxenou Harmonika stoicheia: The Harmonics of Aristoxenus, Greek text edited with an English translation and notes by Henry Marcam. (19 words)
Cicero, de Fin. v. 2 According to Walter Burkert (1972) citation :"Most obvious is the contradiction between Aristoxenus and Dicaearchus, regarding the catastrophe that overwhelmed the Pythagorean society. (28 words)
One of the two reports must be basically wrong: either Pythagoras withdrew to Metapontum before the outbreak of the unrest and died there (as Aristoxenus says) or he and his followers were hounded from city to city (as Dicaearchus has it). (41 words)
Aristoxenus describes the event in the following words: "Each came expecting to learn something about the things that are generally considered good for men, such as wealth, good health, physical strength, and altogether a kind of wonderful happiness. (38 words)
The Pythagorean tradition considered the mathematician to have studied with Zoroaster in Babylonia ( Porphyry Life of Pythagoras 12, Alexander Polyhistor apud Clement's Stromata I.15, Diodorus of Eritrea, Aristoxenus apud Hippolitus VI32.2). (34 words)
Example sentences (6)
Aristoxenou Harmonika stoicheia: The Harmonics of Aristoxenus, Greek text edited with an English translation and notes by Henry Marcam.
Aristoxenus describes the event in the following words: "Each came expecting to learn something about the things that are generally considered good for men, such as wealth, good health, physical strength, and altogether a kind of wonderful happiness.
Cicero, de Fin. v. 2 According to Walter Burkert (1972) citation :"Most obvious is the contradiction between Aristoxenus and Dicaearchus, regarding the catastrophe that overwhelmed the Pythagorean society.
Critical ancient sources like Aristotle and Aristoxenus cast doubt on these writings.
One of the two reports must be basically wrong: either Pythagoras withdrew to Metapontum before the outbreak of the unrest and died there (as Aristoxenus says) or he and his followers were hounded from city to city (as Dicaearchus has it).
The Pythagorean tradition considered the mathematician to have studied with Zoroaster in Babylonia ( Porphyry Life of Pythagoras 12, Alexander Polyhistor apud Clement's Stromata I.15, Diodorus of Eritrea, Aristoxenus apud Hippolitus VI32.2).