2. The Dorian and Phrygian ‘modes’ (harmoniai) were two of several Greek ‘styles’ of music, each of which tended to be associated with particular kinds of theme and treatment. See further VIII v–vii.

3. Literally, tēs eu kekramenēs harmonias, ‘from the well-mixed mode’.

4. Despotikos, ‘like a mastership (of slaves)’.