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Ancient Greek warrior playing the salpinx, late 6th–early 5th century BC, Attic black-figure ( lekythos) Music was almost universally present in ancient Greek society, from marriages, funerals, and religious ceremonies to theatre, folk music, and the ballad-like reciting of epic poetry. This played an integral role in the lives of ancient Greeks.
This Little Light of Mine. " This Little Light of Mine " is an African-American song from the 1920s. It was often reported to be written for children in the 1920s by Harry Dixon Loes, but he never claimed credit for the original version of the song, and researchers at the Moody Bible Institute, where Loes worked, said they have found no ...
Print of Clio, made in the 16th–17th century. Preserved in the Ghent University Library. [2]The word Muses (Ancient Greek: Μοῦσαι, romanized: Moûsai) perhaps came from the o-grade of the Proto-Indo-European root *men-(the basic meaning of which is 'put in mind' in verb formations with transitive function and 'have in mind' in those with intransitive function), [3] or from root *men ...
History of fishing. Fishing is a prehistoric practice dating back at least 70,000 years. Since the 16th century, fishing vessels have been able to cross oceans in pursuit of fish, and since the 19th century it has been possible to use larger vessels and in some cases process the fish on board.
Greek chorus. A Greek chorus ( Greek: χορός, translit. chorós) in the context of ancient Greek tragedy, comedy, satyr plays, is a homogeneous group of performers, who comment with a collective voice on the action of the scene they appear in, or provide necessary insight into action which has taken place offstage. [1]
Uranus. v. t. e. In Greek mythology, Aether, Æther, Aither, or Ether ( / ˈiːθər /; Ancient Greek: Αἰθήρ (Brightness) [ 1] pronounced [ai̯tʰɛ̌ːr]) is the personification of the bright upper sky. According to Hesiod, he was the son of Erebus (Darkness) and Nyx (Night), and the brother of Hemera (Day). [ 2] In Orphic cosmogony ...
Eileithyia or Ilithyia ( / ɪlɪˈθaɪ.ə /; [ 1] Greek: Εἰλείθυια; Ἐλεύθυια ( Eleuthyia) in Crete, also Ἐλευθία ( Eleuthia) or Ἐλυσία ( Elysia) in Laconia and Messene, and Ἐλευθώ ( Eleuthō) in literature) [ 2] was the Greek goddess of childbirth and midwifery, [ 3] and the daughter of Zeus and Hera ...
Greek literature ( Greek: Ελληνική Λογοτεχνία) dates back from the ancient Greek literature, beginning in 800 BC, to the modern Greek literature of today. Ancient Greek literature was written in an Ancient Greek dialect, literature ranges from the oldest surviving written works until works from approximately the fifth century AD.