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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 Greek playwright Aeschylus described the sound of the salpinx as "shattering"; the word salpinx is thought to mean "thunderer". At the Olympic Games, contests of trumpet playing were introduced for the first time in 396 BCE. These contests were judged not by the participants' musical skill but by the volume of sound they generated.
The genus name Salpiglossis is a compound of the Greek words for "trumpet" σαλπινξ ( salpinx) and "tongue" γλώσσα ( glossa). The relatively large flowers of Salpiglossis sinuata ( the species in general cultivation ) are prettily veined and come in a pleasing range of colours. The species grows to an average height of 75 cm.
The Salpinx was a straight trumpet 62 inches (1,600 mm) long, made of bone or bronze. Homer’s Iliad (9th or 8th century BCE) contain the earliest reference to its sound and further, frequent descriptions are found throughout the Classical Period. [9] Salpinx contests were a part of the original Olympic Games. [10]
Gulella salpinx, common name Trumpet-mouthed hunter snail, [3] is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Streptaxidae. This species is endemic to Marble Delta, South Africa. [2] Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Greek σᾰ́λπῐγξ, σαλπιγγ-, (sálpinx, salping-), trumpet salpingectomy, salpingopharyngeus muscle: sangui-, sanguine-of or pertaining to blood Latin sanguis, blood sanguine: sapro-relating to putrefaction or decay Greek σαπρός (saprós), rotten, putrid saprogenic sarco-muscular, flesh-like Greek σάρξ (sárx), flesh
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