Ancient Greek writers on their musical past

Chapters 1-5 consider questions raised by ancient writings on the history of music, such as: how did certain writers arrive at their conclusions about the music of the past? What were the purposes of their treatises or shorter discussions, and what were the relations between these works and their other writings? What prejudices and assumptions did they bring to their musical investigations? In chapter 6, the author deals with musical allusions in comic drama of the 5th and 4th centuries, focusing on the question of their historical reliability.