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Musicians playing the salpinx (trumpet) and the hydraulis (water organ). Terracotta figurine made in Alexandria, 1st century BC Greek warrior blowing a salpinx. A salpinx (/ ˈ s æ l p ɪ ŋ k s /; plural salpinges / s æ l ˈ p ɪ n dʒ iː z /; Greek σάλπιγξ) was a trumpet-like instrument of the ancient Greeks. [1]
The Jewish shofar is perhaps the best-known animal-horn trumpet. It is usually made from a ram's horn, though the horn of any kosher animal other than a cow or calf may be used. The shofar, which is still employed in Jewish religious ceremonies today, is an ancient instrument; it is mentioned frequently in the Bible and rabbinic literature.
In the Greek Bible, the original animal horn qarnā is rendered salpinx and in the Latin Vulgate tuba, thus reinterpreting it as a straight metal trumpet. [17] The word qarnā becomes karnā in the medieval Arabic texts for a straight or curved trumpet with a conical tube (for the exact origin of the ancient trumpets see there).
Lopadotemachoselachogaleokranioleipsanodrimhypotrimmatosilphiokarabomelitokatakechymenokichlepikossyphophattoperisteralektryonoptokephalliokigklopeleiolagoiosiraiobaphetraganopterygon is a fictional dish originating from Aristophanes' 391 B.C. comedy Assemblywomen, [1] deriving from a transliteration of the Ancient Greek word λοπαδο ...
The ancient carnyx was a wind instrument used by the Celts during the Iron Age, between c. 200 BCE and c. 200 CE. It was a type of trumpet made of bronze with an elongated S shape, held so that the long straight central portion was vertical and the short mouthpiece end section and the much wider bell were horizontal in opposed directions.
Glaucus: Ancient Greek mortal changed into an immortal sea god by eating magical reeds at the sea-shore. Dante claims that he experiences a similar loss of mortality looking on Beatrice. Par. 1, 64–69. Gloria in excelsis Deo: "Glory to God in the Highest." Opening of a canticle sung in morning prayer services and at the beginning of the Latin ...
The Roman tuba (plural: tubae), or trumpet [1] [2] was a military signal instrument used by the ancient Roman military and in religious rituals. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] They would signal troop movements such as retreating, [ 6 ] attacking, or charging, [ 7 ] [ 8 ] as well as when guards should mount, sleep, [ 9 ] or change posts.
The kerykes / ˈ k ɛ r ɪ ˌ k iː z / or ceryces / ˈ s ɛ r ɪ ˌ s iː z / (Ancient Greek: Κήρυκες, pl. of Κῆρυξ, Keryx) [1] of Bronze Age Pylos 1200 BC, home to the aged Homeric hero Nestor and the Neleides, [2] are listed in the Linear B tablets as 𐀏𐀬𐀐 ka-ru-ke serving the 𐀨𐀷𐀒𐀪 ra-wa-ko-ri, the commander of armed forces. [3]