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  2. Seikilos epitaph - Wikipedia

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    A Hellenistic Ionic song, it is either in the Phrygian octave species or Ionian (Iastian) tonos. The melody of the song is recorded, alongside its lyrics, in ancient Greek musical notation . While older music with notation exists (e.g. the Hurrian songs or the Delphic Hymns ), all of it is in fragments; the Seikilos epitaph is unique in that it ...

  3. Dithyramb - Wikipedia

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    The dithyramb (/ ˈ d ɪ θ ɪ r æ m /; [1] Ancient Greek: διθύραμβος, dithyrambos) was an ancient Greek hymn sung and danced in honor of Dionysus, the god of wine and fertility; the term was also used as an epithet of the god. [2] Plato, in The Laws, while discussing various kinds of music mentions "the birth of Dionysos, called, I ...

  4. Philoxenus of Cythera - Wikipedia

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    Philoxenus was a poet-musician, one of the most important of his era. He was a so-called "New Music" poet, representing a style that developed between the end of the 5th century BC and the first decades of the 4th century BC. He, along with other such "New Music" poets as Melanippides and Timotheus, introduced

  5. Dionysian Mysteries - Wikipedia

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    Dionysus in Bacchus by Caravaggio. The Dionysian Mysteries were a ritual of ancient Greece and Rome which sometimes used intoxicants and other trance-inducing techniques (like dance and music) to remove inhibitions. It also provided some liberation for men and women marginalized by Greek society, among which were slaves, outlaws, and non-citizens.

  6. Homeric Hymns - Wikipedia

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    The Homeric Hymns (Ancient Greek: Ὁμηρικοὶ ὕμνοι, romanised: Homērikoì húmnoi) are a collection of thirty-three ancient Greek hymns and one epigram. [a] The hymns praise deities of the Greek pantheon and retell mythological stories, often involving a deity's birth, their acceptance among the gods on Mount Olympus, or the establishment of their cult.

  7. Unknown Orangutan Population Discovered in Borneo - AOL

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    An Incredible Discovery. However, it’s not all bad news. The discovery of a new orangutan population in Sarawek, Malaysian Borneo was cause for excitement among conservationists.

  8. Dionysia - Wikipedia

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    On the first day of the festival, the pompē ("pomp", "procession") was held, in which citizens, metics, and representatives from Athenian colonies marched to the Theatre of Dionysus on the southern slope of the Acropolis, carrying the wooden statue of Dionysus Eleuthereus, the "leading" or eisagōgē (εἰσαγωγή, "introduction").

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    Hoka is one of the most popular brands of running and walking shoes out there today, and if you want a white sneaker that marries style and performance, we highly recommend the new Clifton 9.