Plato, Laws 666d

γίγνοιτο. οὐδαμῶς. ποίαν δὲ ἥσουσιν οἱ ἄνδρες φωνήν; ἢ μοῦσαν δῆλον ὅτι πρέπουσαν αὑτοῖς δεῖ γέ τινα; πῶς γὰρ οὔ; τίς ἂν οὖν πρέποι θείοις ἀνδράσιν; ἆρʼ ἂν ἡ τῶν χορῶν; ἡμεῖς γοῦν, ὦ ξένε, καὶ οἵδε οὐκ ἄλλην ἄν τινα δυναίμεθα ᾠδὴν ἢ ἣν ἐν τοῖς χοροῖς ἐμάθομεν συνήθεις ᾄδειν γενόμενοι. εἰκότως γε· ὄντως γὰρ οὐκ ἐπήβολοι γεγόνατε τῆς

to take a share in our singing, this plan would not be altogether unseemly. By no means. What manner of song will the men raise? Will it not, evidently, be one that suits their own condition in every case? Of course. What song, then, would suit godlike men? Would a choric song? At any rate, Stranger, we and our friends here would be unable to sing any other song than that which we learnt by practice in choruses. Naturally; for in truth you never attained to