A Review of Western Ancient Greek Musical Psychology

Ancient Greek music psychology thought is the root of western music psychology on their end, and has a deep and wide impact on the later music development. This paper divides the development stages of ancient Greek aesthetics into ancient times, classical times and Hellenistic times. The research object is the most representative musical psychological thoughts emerging in various historical periods of ancient Greece. This paper selects the research perspective of music aesthetics, through the collation, reading and analysis of literature, introduces and summarizes the characteristics of music psychology.