ancient Greek music

Did Plato hide a secret code in his writings? Dr. Jay Kennedy, a historian and a member of the University of Manchester’s Faculty of Life Sciences, recently published a scholarly work parsing the Ancient Greek philosopher Plato's writing, discovering...

Music was ubiquitous in ancient Greece, but somewhere along the line, the way in which it was composed and sounded during its time was lost.

An event celebrating ancient Greek music, which was organized by the Australian Archaeological Institute, took place recently in Athens, at the Athens Hostel. The Australian Archeological institute, founded in 1980 in Athens, seeks to promote the participation of Australians in...

A new exhibit featuring exact replicas of ancient Greek musical instruments such as the lyre, homeric phorminx, kithara and aulos will be hosted by the Museum of Ancient Nikopolis near Preveza, in western Greece, until November 20. The temporary exhibition covers...

What did the Sirens sing to enchant sailors? How did the ancient Greek melodies sound like and how different was the song's tempo compared to today’s music? Armand D'Angour, a classical musician and professor of history at the University of...

The musician and expert in classics at Oxford University Armand D’Angour has brought ancient Greek music back to life. The ancient Greek songs haven’t been heard for thousands of years, but the results aren’t very motivating. According to the...

A lecture on ancient Greek music was held last week in Brisbane, Australia. The event entitled "Kalomana Lecture" was organized by the Asia Minor Greek Historical Society of Brisbane in conjunction with the Cultural Committee of the Greek Orthodox...