Alexandria's founded by Alexander

Alexandria's founded by Alexander the Great (by year BC): 334 Alexandria in Troia (Turkey) - 333 Alexandria at Issus/Alexandrette (Iskenderun, Turkey) - 332 Alexandria of Caria/by the Latmos (Alinda, Turkey) - 331 Alexandria Mygdoniae - 331 Alexandria (Egypt) - 330 Alexandria Ariana (Herat, Afghanistan) - 330 Alexandria of the Prophthasia/in Dragiana/Phrada (Farah, Afghanistan) - 330 Alexandria in Arachosia (Kandahar, Afghanistan) - 330 Alexandria in the Caucasus (Begram, Afghanistan) - 329 Alexandria of the Paropanisades (Ghazni, Afghanistan) - 329 Alexandria Eschate or Ultima (Khodjend, Tajikistan) - 329 Alexandria on the Oxus (Termez, Afghanistan) - 328 Alexandria in Margiana (Merv, Turkmenistan) - 326 Alexandria Nicaea (on the Hydaspes, India) - 326 Alexandria Bucephala (on the Hydaspes, India) - 325 Alexandria Sogdia - 325 Alexandria Oreitide - 325 Alexandria in Opiene / Alexandria on the Indus (confluence of Indus & Acesines, India) - 325 Alexandria Rambacia (Bela, Pakistan) - 325 Alexandria Xylinepolis (Patala, India) - 325 Alexandria in Carminia (Gulashkird, Iran) - 324 Alexandria-on-the-Tigris/Antiochia-in-Susiana/Charax (Spasinou Charax on the Tigris, Iraq) - ?Alexandria of Carmahle? (Kahnu)

Tuesday, June 30, 2020

The Seikilos Epitaph, continued

The text and music of the Seikilos Epitaph was found on a column-shaped stone in Aydin, western Turkey, and dates from 200 BC/100 AD. This column can now be admired at the National Museum of Denmark in Copenhagen.

It so happens that a copy of this artifact was created for the temporary exhibition Horses and their Riders that was organized in 2012 at the Allard Pierson Museum in Amsterdam. That’s where it caught my attention.

In my blog about this unique relic, Revealing ancient Greek music, the Seikilos Epitaph, I discussed these rare inscriptions and inserted a YouTube “re-edited” version of this song. This piece truly deserves our full attention for it is the only complete music piece ever discovered.

The Seikilos Epitaph remains popular and just recently, I was redirected to another YouTube version from 2014 where the music is played on a harp.



Other modern renditions of this music have been discussed at large in my blog Reconstructing Ancient Greek music, an impossible task?

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2 comments:

  1. Carmelo PugliattiJuly 1, 2020 at 8:59 PM

    who knows how many lost musical masterpieces!

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  2. ArgyraspidJuly 2, 2020 at 10:18 PM

    ... how many musical masterpieces, indeed ... how many manuscripts, theater plays, books, paintings, statues, weapons, jewels, ... you name it.

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