"Hymn To The Muse" (2nd Century CE) by Mesomedes of Crete...
, leader of the delightful Muses, and you, skillful priest of our rites, son of Leto, Paean of Delos, be at my side'. (translation by JG Landels). It is played here on a lyre strikingly similar to the ancient Greek Kithara; the large wooden 7 string lyre favoured by the professional musicians of ancient Greece. The lyre I am playing, though, is in fact a replica (based on an illustration on the back of an ancient Jewish coin), of the 10 string Hebrew "Kinnor"; the ORIGINAL "Harp of King David ...
Author: Klezfiddle1; Tags: Ancient Greece ΥΜΝΟΣ ΜΟΥΣΑΣ ΜΕΣΟΜΗΔΟΥΣ Mesomedes Crete Sparta Delphi Athens Acropolis Parthenon Pyramids Roman Troy Lyre Lyra Kithara Harp Classics Homer Iliad Ἰλιάς Οδύσσεια Aristotle Plato Socrates Pythagoras Battle of Thermopylae King Leonidas
