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  2. Muses - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. Music of ancient Greece - Wikipedia

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    According to Greek mythology, music, instruments, and the aural arts are attributed to divine origin, and the art of music was gift of the gods to men. [ 3 ] : 149 Although Apollo was prominently considered the god of music and harmony, several legendary gods and demigods were purported to have created some aspect of music as well as ...

  4. Musical system of ancient Greece - Wikipedia

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    for the gods and humans—partheneion, daphnephorika, tripodephorika, oschophorika, and eutika; According to Mathiesen: Such pieces of music were called melos, which in its perfect form (teleion melos) comprised not only the melody and the text (including its elements of rhythm and diction) but also stylized dance movement.

  5. Music of Greece - Wikipedia

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    The music of Greece is as diverse and celebrated as its history.Greek music separates into two parts: Greek traditional music and Byzantine music.These compositions have existed for millennia: they originated in the Byzantine period and Greek antiquity; there is a continuous development which appears in the language, the rhythm, the structure and the melody. [1]

  6. Family tree of the Greek gods - Wikipedia

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    Key: The names of groups of gods or other mythological beings are given in italic font. Key: The names of the Titans have a green background. Key: Dotted lines show a marriage or affair. Key: Solid lines show children.

  7. Greek mythology - Wikipedia

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    Greek mythology has changed over time to accommodate the evolution of their culture, of which mythology, both overtly and in its unspoken assumptions, is an index of the changes. In Greek mythology's surviving literary forms, as found mostly at the end of the progressive changes, it is inherently political, as Gilbert Cuthbertson (1975) has argued.

  8. Category:Musicians in Greek mythology - Wikipedia

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    Musicians depicted in Greek mythology. Subcategories. This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total. A. Apollo (6 C, 42 P) O. Orpheus (2 C, 20 P) P.

  9. Category:Music and singing deities - Wikipedia

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    Music and singing gods (3 C, 14 P) D. Dance deities (2 C) This page was last edited on 22 September 2020, at 15:18 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...