Ancient Greek
Aulos (tibia)
A double-reed wind instrument, played as a pair of pipes. The Roman name is tibia. It is not a flute.
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Ancient Greek
Photographs, descriptions, and recordings. Ancient, medieval, and folk instruments treated as objects with a history, not as props.
Ancient Greek
Chelys
The tortoise-shell lyre. Hermes’ invention in the hymn, and the classroom string instrument of the Greek imagination.