Corvus Corax - Seikilos

[Retarior]

Till this day, I bithered my self with tiny problems of every days life. From now on, I will bother my self only with problems that affects me in much wider measure.

[WhiteKite]

This song makes me think of Akira. : D



[22poopoo]

Love Greece, Love seikilos, love corvuc corax. Alltogether perfect!

[nuages1968]

ΟΡΩ ΣΕ ΤΑΦΕ ΚΑΙ ΔΕΙΛΙΩ ΣΟΥ ΤΗΝ ΘΕΑΝ, Ε Ε ΘΑΝΑΤΕ ΤΙΣ ΔΥΝΑΤΑΙ ΦΥΓΕΙΝ ΣΕ

[dreacul]

Oh yeah, greeks, brave peoples and poets! Capable of great deeds! Peace from Romania, at that time, when those words were graved we were destroying roman legions from Laedaerata castrum!:-D

Peace!

[Giulia0175]

i just realized i had a wonderful vacation near ephesus in summer 2009 :D hard to believe. i visited ephesus (efes)...

[FOTARAStheGREEK]

omg this accent of Greek brake my nerves..;)!! its ridiculous...however this is a great song...

[mariax2010]

εκπληκτικο!!πανεμορφη μουσικη!!!...και το κανονικο ειναι πανεμορφο αλλα η κυρια μαs τα χαλαει λιγο με την προφορα τηs!!great work!!!!μπραβο!!!!

[thanatos333x2]

@mariax2010

Δεν μας τα χαλάει με την προφορά.Πρέπει να λάβεις υπ'όψιν ότι η αρχαία ελληνική προφορά(για την ακρίβεια οι κατά τόπον και χρόνον προφορές,πληθυντικός...) δεν ταυτίζεται με την σημερινή(τουναντίον).Όχι ότι οι αοιδοί χρησιμοποιούν ακριβώς την ελληνιστική...Που ούτως ή άλλως δεν γνωρίζουμε επακριβώς ποια ήταν... ;)

[mariax2010]

@thanatos333x2 ...εχειs δικιο σε αυτο που λεs οσον αφορα την προφορα κτλ απλα εγω κρινονταs απο το σημερα κι ακουγονταs την αλλη εκδοση[να το πω ετσι],,επηρεαστηκα απο την προφορα τηs κυριαs που μου εκανε πολυ Αμερικανικη...κατι που δε μου ταιριαζε-ακουστικα!!!

[AristoMC]

i never though i would ever hear a remix of an 2200 years old song o.O

anyway,its awesome 

[isoul111]

Great work! Seikilos was the name of the man who carved these words on a tombstone dedicated to Euterpe (probably his wife).

The tombstone was found close to modern Aidin (Turkey) not far from the ancient city of Ephesus in Anatolia.

[urska333]

we listen to this music in slovenia

[1969yaman]

this is a anatolian songs seiklos city is tralles .tralles in aydın turkey .tralles is a ancient city

[VolkColopatrion]

if you look at the actual music you'll notice that it's far more cheerful than this.

[iQtec]

"And he who seen these noble ruins at the end of his dark life. Asks himself; where is horse? where is men? where the feast? where the joy? A last bright cup, a last proud prince, our time has past as it has not been."

[kurtosavros]

Εκπληκτικό... Εύγε!!! The secular Greek Religion and the secular Hellenic Gods - Exemplars may be with you...

[solnegrolunaroja]

The oldest song we know...

[Alektroluv]

@solnegrolunaroja

what do you mean?

[solnegrolunaroja]

@Alektroluv It's the oldest written song in history that still remains. It is sculpted in Seikilos tomb in an ancient notation system, not only the words, but real music you can read. There is no one single note of no other song from that time! Something similar happens with ancient Rome music, all that remains is a little sequence of 20 seconds or some. :)

[Alektroluv]

@solnegrolunaroja thats pretty impressing :s

it sounds great :D

even if its old :P

[solnegrolunaroja]

@Alektroluv Yes, it redefines the term "retro" :D

[VolkColopatrion]

@solnegrolunaroja it's the oldest COMPLETE song we know with interpretable notation.

there are older sumarian songs but we only have fragments and probably with little to no knowledge of what scales or notation they used. Greek music theory, curiously, has survived not only in history but also in western music.

[solnegrolunaroja]

@VolkColopatrion It's very sad indeed. Music is so fragile... I remember a cd that I have, from Naxos. It's called "The music of the Bible Revealed". A musicologist invested ten years of research to decypher the notation used by ancient Jewish people to sing the Old Testament songs, like the Psalms and others. It's like a time machine. I hope somebody is working on the Sumerian songs also! :)

[BringBacktheGreeks]

"As long as you live, Shine!

Let nothing grieve you beyond measure.

For life is short,

and time will claim it's toll."

Epigram of Seikilos (100A.D.)

Immortal words to LIVE by

[22poopoo]

@BringBacktheGreeks That epitaph is so wise, and has made me positive.

[knaveofhearts1]

Sounds like drunk guys singing

[shaivista]

"ΟΣΟΝ ΖΗΣ ΦΑΙΝΟΥ, ΜΗΔΕΝ ΟΛΩΣ ΣΥ ΛΥΠΟΥ. ΠΡΟΣ ΟΛΙΓΟΝ ΕΣΤΙ ΤΟ ΖΗΝ, ΤΟ ΤΕΛΟΣ Ο ΧΡΟΝΟΣ ΑΠΑΙΤΕΙ"

[tzmtzt]

Hosonzes, Phainu, me den holos, sy lypu ,

pros oligon esti to zen, la te los ho chronos apaitei.

Der text heißt auf Deutsch:

"Solange du lebst tritt auch in Erscheinung.

Traure über nichts zu viel.

Eine kurze Frist bleibt zum Leben.

Das Ende bringt die Zeit von selbst."

[Ileranerak]

eh..mas bien el arreglo esta feo...la cancion original no esta tan..creepy

[lordAchilleas]

Τελιον...