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Various harp-players also were his friends, among them Aristonicus, Cf. Arrian, Anabasis, iv. 16. 7. who came to Alexander’s aid in a certain battle, and was slain fighting gloriously. Therefore Alexander ordered to be made and set up at Delphi a bronze statue of him, with lyre in hand and spear advanced; thereby he not only honoured this particular man, but also paid tribute to Music herself, in the belief that she is a creator of true men and, in particular, that she filis with inspiration and impetuousness those who are truly her fosterchildren. For once Upon a time, when Antigenides was playing on his flute the Chariot Song, Cf.Moralia, 1133 e (= Edmonds, Lyra Graeca, i. pp. 4-8). See also Dio Chrysostom, Oration i. 1-2, where Timotheus is the flute-player and the tune the Orthian. Alexander became so transported, and his spirit so inflamed by the strains, that he leapt up and laid hands upon the weapons that lay near, and thus confirmed the testimony of the Spartans who used to sing,Attributed to Alcman in Life of Lycurgus, chap. xxi. (53 d); Cf.Bergk, Poet. Lyr. Graec. iii. p. 51, or Edmonds, Lyra Graeca, i. p. 90. The noble playing of the lyre is meet to match the sword.
