The Seikilos Song: the Oldest Complete Song from Ancient Greece
Posted on 04/19/2019 7:57:57 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
The Seikilos Stele contains the the oldest complete song and dates to c.100 BCE. This video explores how the stele was found and how the song sounds; it is sung at 2:28.
As long as you live,
shine forth do not at all grieve,
Life exists for a short while,
Time takes its course.
Hoson zēis phainou
mēden holōs su lupou
pros oligon esti to zēn
to telos ho chronos apaitei.
(Excerpt) Read more at youtube.com ...
https://www.ancient.eu/image/3806/the-seikilos-stele/
https://www.ancient.eu/uploads/images/3806.jpg?v=1485681370
https://www.ancient.eu/video/626/
One verse, must have been an ad jingle, probably for olive oil or wine.
Virtually the entire book of Psalms in the Bible dates to 1,000 BC. At least one Psalm/song dates to Moses (1,400 BC). All are songs too.
Ad for a new place that served gyros.
Thanks for posting this. It sounds both like Gregorian chant and a greek folk music melody.
As long as you live,
shine forth do not at all grieve,
Or maybe ED meds.
All we are is dust in the wind...
The whole song
As long as you live,
shine forth do not at all grieve,
Life exists for a short while,
Time takes its course.
Beware the time of the Orangeman
The truth will become much fuller
If you lie and distort all the crap
From the scrolls of Robert Mueller
Life is short. Life is sweet
Lie, distort and then impeach
You must go now to get rid of the man
Before the Sciff hits thou fan!
"The melody is groovy..."
Philosophize Ted.
Just amazing they could figure out the tune. Thanks for posting — always intriguing and fun information.
I never took the time to study anthropology or ancient civilizations, so I really appreciate the tidbits you provide. I missed out on an lot.
The second a safe, quality time machine is invented, I’m going back to introduce doo-wop to the ancient world. I think they’ll appreciate it.
You would certainly influence the production of olive oil. (y’know, for the ducktail haircuts)
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A shorter version reads:
Roses are red
we are all gonna be dead
And it's not in Greece, which is what this article is about. Nor is there a single bit of musical notation in the Bible.
Glad you got that straightened out for us. :^).
Thanks, I was glad to stumble over it, I'm not sure I'd seen the website before, I suspect I'll be mining it for more topics.
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