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Written by Jauregui two to three years before its release, the song was inspired by Greek goddess Aphrodite and depicts a flirtation that is challenged. Creatively directed by Jauregui, the music video references Greek and Roman mythology, along with Sandro Botticelli's paintings Primavera and The Birth of Venus. "More Than That" was positively ...
The lyrical themes are heavily inspired predominantly by Greek mythology, [24] [14] [21] though Aurora acknowledged that some of them have references to Abrahamic and ancient Roman religions. [29] [30] Furthermore, the styles of lyrical writing have been described as dark and disturbing, with a maximal and introspective style.
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Ages to the extent that one can find references to, for example, a "Lydian church mode", although name is simply a historical reference with no relationship to the original Greek sound or ethos.
Polyhymnia (/ p ɒ l i ˈ h ɪ m n i ə /; Greek: Πολυύμνια, lit. 'the one of many hymns'), alternatively Polymnia (Πολύμνια), is, in Greek mythology, the Muse of sacred poetry, sacred hymn, dance and eloquence, as well as agriculture and pantomime. Polyhymnia on an antique fresco from Pompeii
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 ...
This refers to the traditional Greek popular songs and music of mainland Greece and islands, which date back to the Byzantine times. [1] It was the sole popular musical genre of the Greek people until the spread of Rebetiko and Laiko (other genres of folk music) in the early 20th century, spread by the Greek refugees from Asia Minor. [ 2 ]
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The Seikilos epitaph is an Ancient Greek inscription that preserves the oldest surviving complete musical composition, including musical notation. [1] [2] Commonly dated between the 1st and 2nd century AD, the inscription was found engraved on a pillar from the ancient Hellenistic town of Tralles (present-day Turkey) in 1883.