Abstract
The ancient Greeks declared the partnership between music and medicine when they created the god Apollo, whose functions included both the musical and healing arts. Aeschylus (The Suppliant Maidens 263) and Aristophanes (The Plutus 11) refer to the filial relationship of the physician Aesculapius to Apollo — a bond that further strengthened the ties between music and medicine. Meinecke (1948) tells us that even the great Vestals recognized Apollo’s curative powers, and Suetonius noted that the Romans made a similar declaration when the god was adopted by the Emperor Augustus.
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Pratt, R.R., Jones, R.W. (1987). Music and Medicine: A Partnership in History. In: Spintge, R., Droh, R. (eds) Musik in der Medizin / Music in Medicine. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-71697-3_36
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