Music in Ancient Israel by Alfred Sendrey

Author:Alfred Sendrey [Sendrey, Alfred]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp.
Published: 2013-10-16T00:00:00+00:00

“Whenever he heard that any of the young men were at an entertainment, he would come in quite unceremoniously with a fife (meta keratiou) and a procession [or band] of musicians (symphnias).”386

Symphnia in this sentence is interpreted mostly as “bagpipe.” This instrument, however, had already at least two sounding pipes; the addition of another wind instrument, the keration, to such an ensemble would therefore be highly improbable.387.

In another passage of ATHENAEUS the licentious behavior of ANTIOCHUS is described somewhat differently:

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