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The names of others might perhaps be men-
tioned here, who assisted in bringing the
science of music gradually to perfection. To
Pythagoras of Samos, has been attributed the
first most important discovery, that air is the
vehicle, and vibration the cause, of sound.
He is said to have regarded music as endued
with singular powers over the human mind; and
his disciples made the study of it so much a
part of essential discipline, that many of them
have left a distinct treatise on the subject.
Damon w7as probably a Pythagorean, but was
distinguished from cotemporary philosophers
at Athens, by making his philosophy subser-
vient to the profession of music, rather than
considering the theory of acoustics a subordi-
nate branch of natural philosophy.

Orators.

The Athenian orator, Andocides, was born
about the year A.C. 468, the son of Leogo-
ras. He was distinguished for his eloquence,
and was enabled, by means of this prevailing
talent, to procure his own release from ba-
nishjnent, the penalty of which he more than