MUSIC EDUCATION AND KALOKAGATHIA IN THE GREEK ANTIQUITY
MUSIC EDUCATION AND KALOKAGATHIA IN THE GREEK ANTIQUITY

Summary/Abstract: Kalokagathia (καλοκαγαθία in ancient Greek) is the derived noun from the adjec-tives kalos k’agathos (καλός = beautiful, κἀγαθός = good or virtuous). The word was used by the ancient Greek writers and philosophers to describe the ideal of a person who combines physical strength and beauty along with a virtuous and noble character. It is the ideal of the personality that harmoniously pairs mind and body abilities and virtues, both in battle and in the activities of the everyday life. Its use is attested in many Greek writings (among them those of Xenophon, Plato and Aristotle), while the notion of kalokagathia imbued the moral thought in antiquity.

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