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A skolion (from Ancient Greek: σκόλιον) (pl. skolia), also scolion (pl. scolia), was a song sung by invited guests at banquets in ancient Greece. Often extolling the virtues of the gods or heroic men, skolia were improvised to suit the occasion and accompanied by a lyre , which was handed about from singer to singer as the time for each ...
A coin featuring the profile of Hera on one face and Zeus on the other, c. 210 AC. Roman conquerors of the Hellenic East allowed the incorporation of existing Greek mythological figures such as Zeus into their coinage in places like Phrygia, in order to "augment the fame" of the locality, while "creating a stronger civil identity" without "advertising" the imposition of Roman culture.
In its 2013 Expansion (based on Greek and Roman Mythology) entitled Theros, Magic, The Gathering paralleled Hephaestus with the creature card "Purphoros, God of the Forge" mimicking his hammer as well. Hephaestus is a main character in the novel The Automation by the anonymous author "B.L.A. and G.B. Gabbler." The other characters also call him ...
Linus may have been the personification of a dirge or lamentation , as there was a classical Greek song genre known as linos, [15] a form of dirge, which was sometimes seen as a lament for him. This would account for his being the son of Apollo and a Muse, and by which fact, Linus was also considered the inventor of melody and rhythm or of ...
Singer Taylor Swift has hundreds of songs for fans to listen to, but these are the best Taylor Swift songs ranked. ... The song references Greek mythology, Elvis lyrics, and heiress Rebekah ...
Ialémos (Ancient Greek: Ἰάλεμος, meaning "funeral song"), is a song of lamentation in ancient Greece, a minor deity personifying this song in Greek mythology, and an epithet of Linus. He was the son of Apollo and Calliope , and the inventor of the song Ialemus , which was a kind of dirge , or at any rate a song of a very serious and ...
The Greek concepts of scales (including the names) found its way into later Roman music and then the European Middle Ages to the extent that one can find references to, for example, a "Lydian church mode", although name is simply a historical reference with no relationship to the original Greek sound or ethos.