The Seikilos Epitaph
Seikilos * Track #1 On Ancient Greece
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The Seikilos Epitaph by Seikilos
Release Date
Tue Jan 01 0069
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The Seikilos Epitaph is the oldest known COMPLETE musical work. It is a Hellenistic Ionic song dating back to the first century CE.
It was found engraved on a tombstone near Aidin, Turkey, with the explanation:
I am a tombstone, an image. Seikilos placed me here as an everlasting sign of deathle...
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The Seikilos Epitaph Annotated
While you live, shine
Have no grief at all,
Life exisits only for a short while
And time demands its toll
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When did Seikilos release The Seikilos Epitaph?
Seikilos released The Seikilos Epitaph on Tue Jan 01 0069.