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The central octave of the ancient Greek system. The earliest Greek scales were organized in tetrachords, which were series of four descending tones, with the top and bottom tones being separated by an interval of a fourth, in modern terms. The sub-intervals of the tetrachord were unequal, with the largest intervals always at the top, and the ...
The name comes from the Greek γύρος ( gyros, 'circle' or 'turn'). It is a calque of the Turkish döner, from dönmek, also meaning "turn". [7] In Athens and other parts of southern Greece, the skewered meat dish elsewhere called souvlaki is known as kalamaki, while souvlaki is a term used generally for gyros, and similar dishes. [8]
O Virgin Pure. Notation of melody and chords for the hymn. [1] Agni Parthene ( Greek: Ἁγνὴ Παρθένε ), rendered "O Virgin Pure" or "O Pure Virgin" , is a Greek Marian hymn composed by St. Nectarios of Aegina in the late 19th century, first published in print in his Theotokarion ( Θεοτοκάριον, ἤτοι ...
November 29, 2022 at 12:18 PM. A new restaurant offering authentic Greek food is gearing up to open in early January in Warner Robins. Olympia Gyros is a spin off of the popular Greek Village ...
A Greek chorus ( Greek: χορός, translit. chorós) in the context of ancient Greek tragedy, comedy, satyr plays, is a homogeneous group of performers, who comment with a collective voice on the action of the scene they appear in. [1] Historically, the chorus consisted of between 12 and 50 players, who variously danced, sang or spoke their ...
Pronounced YEE-roh and translating as "turning" in Greek, the gyro is a vertically spit-roasted stacked meat dish, cooked in front of an upright rotisserie. Traditional Greek gyro is made from ...
The Seikilos epitaph is the oldest surviving complete musical composition, including musical notation, [1] being dated between the first and second century CE. The song — the melody of which is recorded, alongside its lyrics, in ancient Greek musical notation — was found engraved on a pillar (a stele) from the ancient Hellenistic town of ...
Gyaros ( Greek: Γυάρος pronounced [ˈʝaros] ), also locally known as Gioura ( Greek: Γιούρα ), is an arid, unpopulated, and uninhabited Greek island in the northern Cyclades near the islands of Andros and Tinos, with an area of 23 square kilometres (9 sq mi). It is a part of the municipality of Ano Syros, which lies primarily on ...