He was taught first by his father Spintharus, a pupil of Socrates, and later by the Pythagoreans, Lamprus of Erythrae and Xenophilus, from whom he learned the theory of music. Finally he studied under Aristotle at Athens, and was deeply annoyed, it is said, when Theophrastus was appointed head of the school on Aristotle's death.
(rstk´sns, trn´tm) (KEY) , fl. 4th cent. B.C., pupil of
Aristotle. He marks a turning point in Greek musical theory by
being the first to base theory on analysis of musical practice.
In his two extant treatises, Elements of Rhythm and Elements of
Harmony, he systematized Greek music by clear definitions of
terms and orderly arrangement of scales. 1 See H. S. Macran, The
Harmonics of Aristoxenus (1902).