Ancient Greek music

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This site is excellent http://www.oeaw.ac.at/kal/agm/<br />Someone has already mentioned a part of this site here, the Classical pronunciation I think, but not the music :slight_smile:. Just listen to “Demodokos’ song about Ares and Aphrodite”, played on the four-stringed phorminx, under the Homeric singing section. It’s quite mysterious :slight_smile: I wish I knew Greek so I could understand what they were saying though. ;D

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you should be able to follow this song once you know the first line (which isn’t in the odyssey).

it’s:

[size=150]ἄρχεο μοῦσα γέλωτος ὃς ἀθανάτοισιν ἐνῶρτο

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Thanks! Gelwtos makes more sense than g’ erwtos.

Yes I suppose I could ask those scholars directly, but I have not dared until now…