I am a tombstone, an icon. Seikilos placed me here as an everlasting sign of deathless remembrance
OΣONZHIΣΦAINOY = While you live, shine MHΔENOΛΩΣΣYΛYΠOY = don't suffer anything at all ΠPOΣOΛIΓONEΣTITOZHN = life exists only a short while TOTEΛOΣOXRONOΣAΠAITEI =and time demands its toll
this is a great video. You definitely made me feel in the glorious Ancient Greek. The importance of music to the Greeks was monumental and yet to find a severe lack of evidence leaves many scientists stumped as to what Greek music actually sounded like.
@kzn876x Skolion derives from skolios, which means crooked. It used to be a drinking song played at parties and stuff. The people used to hold a bottle of wine and then pass it around randomly until everyone had gone, hence the "crooked" order.While a skolion is relatively light in mood, an epigram is not. It is an inscription commemorating the dead. Essentially it is an epitaph. They would often be written in first person and were inscribed on gravestones.
Great! Amazing song and beautiful performance! From your ancient neighbour Armenia )).
armcelt 3 months ago
Εγω δεν αγαπω η αυτη μουσικη! Βλεπω ενα ηλιθιος!!!!!
Sacatamm 3 months ago
@jblkwoodify la stele di Sicilo serviva molto probabilmente da epitaffio : un bellissimo testamento rivolto all'amata Euterpe
falsobordone 5 months ago
This is a great prove that the death could not interrupt the passion of a very beautiful music.
nekpides2fw 10 months ago
The Epitaph of Seikilos is the closest thing there is about ancient Greek music. Great video, great channel. Keep up the great work.
canatasiay1m4 10 months ago
this is a great video. You definitely made me feel in the glorious Ancient Greek. The importance of music to the Greeks was monumental and yet to find a severe lack of evidence leaves many scientists stumped as to what Greek music actually sounded like.
brummit1 10 months ago
@kzn876x Skolion derives from skolios, which means crooked. It used to be a drinking song played at parties and stuff. The people used to hold a bottle of wine and then pass it around randomly until everyone had gone, hence the "crooked" order.While a skolion is relatively light in mood, an epigram is not. It is an inscription commemorating the dead. Essentially it is an epitaph. They would often be written in first person and were inscribed on gravestones.
brummit1 10 months ago
@jblkwoodify What is a skolion??
kzn876x 10 months ago
By the way, is Seikilos epitaph an epigram or a skolion?
jblkwoodify 10 months ago in playlist Ancient Greek Poetry Recited and Sung
@balger5678 I think that the Epitaph of Seikilos has safely been placed into the Phrygian mode.
jblkwoodify 10 months ago in playlist Ancient Greek Poetry Recited and Sung