<span>The aulos, an extinct musical instrument consisting of a cylindrical-bore pipe with finger holes and a double reed for a mouthpiece, was a very popular wind instrument during antiquity (c.1000 BC-AD 600). Through a comprehensive analysis of written, archaeological, and iconographic sources, th
Mediterranean Paradigms and Classical Antiquity
β Scribed by Irad Malkin
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 150
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
In this book, prominent historians apply Mediterranean paradigms to Classical Mediterranean Antiquty (Greece and Rome), allowing for a new approach to the ancient world and enhancing antiquity's relevance to the understanding of other historical periods as well as our contemporary world.
This book was previously published as a special issue of the journal Mediterranean Historical Review.
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