ABSTRACT
There are two threads running through the history of Greek acoustical science; one, which begins earlier, is the study of musical pitch and the relationships between notes of different pitch. The philosophers who drew this thread (if one may so put it) were mostly mathematicians at heart, with an interest in applying mathematics to music. The second thread was the study of the physical phenomena of sound, which on the whole did not involve mathematical analysis, and was the topic of interest for physicists or, as they would call themselves, Natural Philosophers (Physikoi).
