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The Seikilos Song: the Oldest Complete Song from Ancient Greece
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| June 8, 2015
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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 ...
TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: archaeomusicology; epigraphyandlanguage; godsgravesglyphs; greece; music; seikilossong; seikilosstele
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To: JennysCool
My first stop would be ancient Alexandria, and just for starters for the music. I'd really love to hear Alexandria's Ragtime Band.
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04/19/2019 11:23:32 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; 31R1O; ...
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04/19/2019 11:23:57 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
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posted on
04/19/2019 11:33:22 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: married21
It reminds me somewhat of the medieval troubadour stuff that was common in southern France.
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posted on
04/19/2019 11:37:24 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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04/19/2019 11:40:46 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
surprised the EUSSR hasn’t issued a “take down notice” for music copyright infraction!
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04/20/2019 2:51:44 AM PDT
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a fool in paradise
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To: proxy_user
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04/20/2019 2:52:25 AM PDT
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a fool in paradise
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
>>Or maybe ED meds.
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04/20/2019 2:56:06 AM PDT
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a fool in paradise
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To: JennysCool
>>The second a safe, quality time machine is invented, Im going back to introduce doo-wop to the ancient world. I think theyll appreciate it.
Rubber biscuit???
Boww wow wow wowwwww oooooohhhhhhhhh
Or are you more thinking along the lines of "The Wind" by the Diablos?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UikYboldB6U
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04/20/2019 3:03:47 AM PDT
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a fool in paradise
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To: SunkenCiv
>> I'd really love to hear Alexandria's Ragtime Band.
Backstage you'd probably find a groupie named Helen Thomas
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04/20/2019 3:06:33 AM PDT
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a fool in paradise
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To: SunkenCiv
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04/20/2019 3:15:31 AM PDT
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P.O.E.
(Pray for America)
To: SunkenCiv
As long as you live,
shine forth do not at all grieve,
Life exists for a short while,
Time takes its course.
Don’t fear the reaper...
or
Burma Shave
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04/20/2019 4:31:51 AM PDT
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Adder
(Mr. Franklin: We are trying to get the Republic back!)
To: Bommer
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04/20/2019 5:30:10 AM PDT
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grey_whiskers
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To: SunkenCiv
Man, that must have been some big Edison Phonograph they had to build to play that!
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04/20/2019 5:49:02 AM PDT
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COBOL2Java
(AOC: The brain of a tea bisquit)
To: proxy_user; SunkenCiv; Gamecock; SaveFerris
To: P.O.E.; Gamecock; SaveFerris; PROCON
"'Egyptian Springwear line'? I think not."
To: Bommer; flaglady47
Great poem....you rival Ovid himself.
Leni
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04/20/2019 8:08:11 AM PDT
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MinuteGal
( MAGA ! ! !....MAGA ! ! !....MAGA ! ! !)
To: a fool in paradise; SunkenCiv
To: COBOL2Java
How many ancient Greek musicians does it take to play the Seikilos Song?
Two, one to play and sing it, and one to turn it back and forth.
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04/20/2019 11:34:00 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: Larry Lucido
“Nice megaron.”
“Oh, this isn’t my megaron, this is just a place to flop.”
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04/20/2019 11:35:52 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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