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The performance of music was integrated into many different modes of Greek story-telling and art related to mythology, including drama, and poetry, and there are a large number of ancient Greek myths related to music and musicians.
Pages in category "Classical mythology in music" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The musical system of ancient Greece evolved over a period of more than 500 years from simple scales of tetrachords, or divisions of the perfect fourth, into several complex systems encompassing tetrachords and octaves, as well as octave scales divided into seven to thirteen intervals.
In Greek mythology, Terpsichore (/ t ər p ˈ s ɪ k ər iː /; Ancient Greek: Τερψιχόρη, "delight in dancing") is one of the nine Muses and goddess of dance and chorus. She lends her name to the word " terpsichorean ", which means "of or relating to dance".
Pages in category "Music in Greek mythology" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. E. Erato; Euterpe; I.
Ancient music refers to the musical cultures and practices that developed in the literate civilizations of the ancient world, succeeding the music of prehistoric societies and lasting until the post-classical era. Major centers of ancient music developed in China, Egypt, Greece, India, Iran/Persia, the Maya civilization, Mesopotamia, and Rome.
Music is the arrangement of sound to create some combination of form, harmony, melody, rhythm, or otherwise expressive content. ... In Greek mythology, ...