Greeks bearing gifts, etc.

"HARMONICS is an obscure and difficult branch of musical science, especially for those who do not know Greek. "

Vitruvius Pollio, The Ten Books on Architecture (ed. Morris Hicky Morgan)

http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=Vitr.+5.4.1

More way to while away your time:
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/vatican/music.html
http://www.its.caltech.edu/~winter/unilab/module0150/ptolemy.html
http://www.touregypt.net/music.htm

Cheers,
Joel