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Whether the accompaniment was a string or wind instrument, the term for such accompanied lyric was melic poetry (from the Greek word for "song" melos). Lyric could also be sung without any instrumental accompaniment. This latter form is called meter and it is recited rather than sung, strictly speaking. [5]
Hybrias (Greek: Ὑβρίας) (fl. 6th century BC) was a Cretan mercenary and lyric poet.He was the author of a highly esteemed skolion (drinking song) called the "Spear-song", which has been preserved by Athenaeus (XV, pp. 695–696), Eustathius of Thessalonica (Commentary on the Odyssey, p. 47 & p. 276) and the Greek Anthology.
The Nine Lyric or Melic Poets were a canonical group of ancient Greek poets esteemed by the scholars of Hellenistic Alexandria as worthy of critical study. In the Palatine Anthology it is said that they established lyric song. [1] They were: Alcman of Sparta (choral lyric, 7th century BC) Sappho of Mytilene or Eresos of Lesbos (monodic lyric ...
A paean (/ ˈ p iː ə n /) is a song or lyric poem expressing triumph or thanksgiving. In classical antiquity, it is usually performed by a chorus, but some examples seem intended for an individual voice . It comes from the Greek παιάν (also παιήων or παιών), "song of triumph, any solemn song
List of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names; Lopadotemachoselachogaleokranioleipsanodrimhypotrimmatosilphiokarabomelitokatakechymenokichlepikossyphophattoperisteralektryonoptekephalliokigklopeleiolagoiosiraiobaphetraganopterygon; Eidolon; Greek words for love
Anacreon (Greek Ἀνακρέων, born c. 570 BC), lyric poet, notable for drinking songs and hymns and included in the canonical list of Nine lyric poets; Antimachus, of Colophon or Claros, poet and grammarian, flourished about 400 BC; Antimachus of Teos epic poet said to have observed an eclipse of the sun in 753 BC
Ancient Greek military equipment (6 C, 30 P) Ancient Macedonian military equipment (1 C, 5 P) M. Military ranks of ancient Macedon (9 P)
Alala / ˈ æ l ə l ə / (Ancient Greek: Ἀλαλά (alalá); "battle-cry" or "war-cry") was the personification of the war cry in Greek mythology.Her name derives from the onomatopoeic Greek word ἀλαλή (alalḗ), [1] hence the verb ἀλαλάζω (alalázō), "to raise the war-cry".