Who is unaware that Pythagoras, by means of a spondaic melody, calmed and restor
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Who is unaware that Pythagoras, by means of a spondaic melody, calmed and restored to self-mastery a youth of Taormina who had become wrought up by the sound of the Phrygian mode? For when, one night, a certain harlot was in his rival’s house, with the doors locked, and the youth in his frenzy was about to set fire to the house and Pythagoras was observing the motion of the stars, as his custom was; learning that the youth, wrought up by the sound of the Phrygian mode, was deaf to the many pleas of his friends to restrain him from the crime, he directed them to change the mode, and thus reduced the youth’s fury to a state of perfect calm.
Explain, in your own words, what is happening in this story. What does it tell us about the ancient Greeks' beliefs concerning the connection between music and emotion? Type your response in the box below.
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A youth of taormina was planning to set fire for a house which has a harlot and his rival's and moreover it is locked from inside.
He is in full swing to set fire but he later calmed down due to the sound of the phrygian mode.
Which clearly explains us that how the phyrgian mode sound has helped him to change his emotion and anger.
Ancient Greeks' beliefs that music creates a strong bonding between mind and body that helps him to retrieve from his anger.
So hence we can understand that music and emotions are closely related to each other.
Normally what we hear in songs the same we feel it inside our mind.
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