Tropaion

The first melody is the Song of Seikilos (dated in between 200 BC to 100 AD) which was an epitaph on a burial stele. The lyrics go like that: I am a portrait in stone. I was put here by Seikilos, where I remain forever, symbol of timeless remembrance (find the inscription in an original text here). Our musician claims that the lyre that has been used is the “Jewish ‘Nevel’ Temple lyre”. I am not yet sure if there is a true connection with the Jewish and the Greek lyre, but it seems that his lyre does not have anything to do with the ‘Nevel’ (see here).

Following the Song of Seikilos, our amateur musician tries to play the First Delphic Hymn, which was found inscribed in Delphi (1983) and composed by an unknown Athenian around 138 BC (reed more here).