Mesomedes of Crete (Ancient Greek: Μεσομήδης ὁ Κρής) was a Greek citharode and lyric poet and composer of the early 2nd century AD in Roman Greece. Prior to the discovery of the Seikilos epitaph in the late 19th century, the hymns of Mesomedes were the only surviving written music from the ancient world.[1] Three were published by Vincenzo Galilei in his Dialogo della musica antica e della moderna (Florence, 1581), during a period of intense investigation into music of the ancient Greeks. These hymns had been preserved through the Byzantine tradition(Anthol. pal. xiv. 63, xvi. 323), and were presented to Vincenzo by Girolamo Mei.
^The notes to an ode of Pindar presented in a book by Athanasius Kircher (book cover, notes to the ode) are now considered to be unauthentic.
6870) contains a Paean to Apollo written by Mesomedes. A total of 15 poems by Mesomedes are known. Mesomedes continued in the Musaeum in Alexandria even...
century AD), and the hymns of Mesomedes (2nd century AD). An example is the prayer to Calliope and Apollo written by Mesomedes, court musician to the Emperor...
written by Pamprepius, she is called κυανῶπις (kyanṓpis, "dark-eyed"). Mesomedes of Crete calls her γλαυκὰ (glaukà, "silvery grey"). The usual account...
Homer, her saffron-colored robe is embroidered or woven with flowers. Mesomedes of Crete used χιονοβλέφαρος for her, "she who has snow-white eyelids"...
with bird wings attached to her arms. Nemesis was described as winged by Mesomedes, and is often portrayed as such in art. Nightingale the Robber in Slavic...
and a scourge, and she rides in a chariot drawn by griffins. The poet Mesomedes wrote a hymn to Nemesis in the early second century AD, where he addressed...
χρυσωπός (khrysо̄pós) meaning "golden-eyed/faced" or "beaming like gold", Mesomedes of Crete writes that he has golden hair, and Apollonius Rhodius that he...
to observe that the music of this song as well as that of the hymns of Mesomedes tends to follow the pitch of the word accents. The publication of the...
which the 2nd century BC Delphic hymns and the 2nd century AD. hymns of Mesomedes are the most complete. The original Greek chorus sang its part in Greek...
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songs exist in ancient Greek musical notation. Three complete hymns by Mesomedes of Crete (2nd century CE) exist in manuscript. In addition, many fragments...
based on Roman-era texts and a melody by Emperor Hadrian’s court musician Mesomedes. There is a foray into a world of ancestral shamanism in "O-u-t Spells...
century BC to the 1st century AD. In ancient Greek music, three hymns by Mesomedes of Crete exist in manuscript. One of the oldest known examples of music...
dated between the 2nd century BCE to the 2nd century CE. Three hymns by Mesomedes of Crete exist in manuscript. The Delphic Hymns, dated to the 2nd century...
Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898), M, Mesomēdes, Metronŏmi". www.perseus.tufts.edu. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities...
SEG 30. 390 (Hymn to Asclepius) Delphic Hymns Seikilos epitaph Hymns of Mesomedes Nomos (music) Oxyrhynchus hymn Ancient Roman music For a technical discussion...
"Chionoblepharou pater Aous" [Father of the bright-eyed Dawn], Hymn to the Sun, by Mesomedes of Crete (grouped 2+2+2+2+2+3+2) Concerto for Piano, Clarinet, and String...
authentic musical notation. Four of these are by Mesomedes (early second century CE). Secondary sources of Mesomedes' poems To Helios and To Nemesis are in a...
eighth notes or, for example in the Hymn to the Sun and Hymn to Nemesis by Mesomedes of Crete, 2+2+2+2+2+3+2, which may alternatively be given the composite...
instrumental tunes and exercises." Along with four poems attributed to Mesomedes, and not counting various fragments on papyrus, it is one of the only...
Callimachus's hymn to Apollo, Limenius's hymn to Apollo, in one of Mesomedes's hymns, in two of Synesius's hymns, etc. Lang 1941, 23: "The few words...
Greek revivalism of the period, and draws comparisons to the poetry of Mesomedes and Julia Balbilla. According to Stobaeus, Melinno was from the island...
further hierarchy with one of the two notes stronger than the other. In Mesomedes' Hymn to the Sun, on the other hand, which begins with an anapaestic rhythm...
follower of Paul and first bishop of Crete. Lucillus of Tarrha writer. Mesomedes (2nd century) composer and lyric poet. Saint Philip (2nd century) bishop...
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