The early Greek who discovered the basic acoustical ratios of musical sounds was

a. Homer
b. Pythagoras
c. Plato
d. Epicurus
e. Hippocrates


ANS: b.

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Picasso's landmark work Les Demoiselles d'Avignon was a precursor to the style that became known as

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