A centuries-old puzzle about the music that Ancient Greeks listened to has finally been solved, thanks to a pioneering new study. Music was an integral part of Ancient Greek culture, with the work of ...
ATHENS (Reuters) - Hymns sung to the Greek gods thousands of years ago resonated from ancient musical instruments in Athens on Thursday, transporting a transfixed audience to antiquity. The phorminx, ...
We are often immersed in what the ancient world looked like when we visit a museum or an archaeological site. However, the vibrant soundscapes heard at festivals, funerals, courtly feasts, theatrical ...
Until last year, few Greeks had heard of Marina Satti. The architecture student-turned-classically-trained singer had performed in musicals and ancient Greek plays, but her music career was largely ...
EVROPOS, Greece, Nov 28 (Reuters) - In Evropos, a village in northern Greece, Danis Koumartzis carves out the wooden sound box of a traditional lyre before covering it with animal hide and attaching ...