Lyre

because everyone is equal in death. It is apparent that the Epic of Gilgamesh was traditionally sung as the main way to convey the story to others. As evidence to this concept, there is a lyre, a harp like ancient musical instrument, found in present day Iraq which dates back to 2600 B.C. This timeframe places the lyre in Ur, Mesopotamia at the approximate time that the Epic of Gilgamesh would have been

from weddings and funerals, to banquets and religious festivals. Education and Drama were also parts of Ancient Greek life to which music was integral. Many of the instruments used in Ancient Greek music were thought to be created by the gods. The lyre by Hermes, the aulos by Athena, and the panpipes by Pan. The nine muses personified the various aspects of music in the broader sense of the term. Calliope represented epic poetry and rhetoric, Cleo’s domain was history, Erato signified singing, Euterpe

As Aristotle emphasizes, the field of ethics is concerned with the well-being of the city as a whole, not as much with individual well-being (NE I.2, 1094b). On an individual basis, the distinct human function has no significant moral role. However, when practicality is stressed over theory, the moral significance of that distinct function becomes more integral. Aristotle’s account of the highest good in Book I of Nichomachean Ethics concerns the the general desire for happiness: it serves as a

and indissolubility of the soul. In this paper I will show that though Socrates’s position does not definitively explain his claims about the soul’s immortality, which he lays out in the Resemblance Argument, he does successfully respond to Simmias’ Lyre Objection, which itself offers a reasonable but still not infallible objection to Socrates’ original argument. In the Resemblance Argument Socrates lays out his explanation for the immortality of the soul by asking his interlocutors to consider what

compares the soul to a sort of harmony and the body to a lyre and its strings because both of soul and harmony are invisible, beautiful, and divine, whereas both of the body and the lyre and its strings are visible, bodily, and mortal. The existence of the lyre and the tension of its strings produce the harmony. Likewise, the soul is a result of a mixture of bodily elements in a state of tension. It is true that harmony will be destroyed if the lyre is broken or its strings are cut. Similarly, if the

feared as he is able to bring ill health to mortals. Apollo is often shown in playing the lyre. According to “Favorite Greek Myths”, “Apollo has won couple musical contests by playing his golden seven strings lyre, which is said to represent the seven planets” (Hyde 17). One time, Phyrgian satyr Marsayas challenges Apollo to a music contest. At the end, Satyr lost the contest and is flayed alive. The lyre that Apollo plays is invented by Hermes, the messenger of Zeus. One day, Apollo notices the

The Lyra constellation lies in the northern sky; It is located in the fourth quadrant of the northern hemisphere (NQ4) and can be seen at latitudes between +90° and -40° between spring and autumn, and nearly overhead, in temperate latitudes, during the summer months. From the southern hemisphere, it is visible low in the northern sky during the winter months; it’s quite a small constellation, making it 52nd in size. The major stars in Lyra include: Vega, the brightest star, Sulafat, the second brighter

Victoria Pemberton In Plato's Phaedo, Socrates spends his final hours before his execution enlightening his friends in his reasoning behind his beliefs in the immortality of the soul. While awaiting his execution, he conveys to his friends that philosophers should eagerly anticipate death. For the soul is immortal and a philosopher spends his life preparing for the separation between body and soul. To support his claims of soul immortality, Socrates provides four arguments: Argument from Opposites

stanza compares humans to lyres; each time the lyre is struck, it plays a dissonant and unmelodious note. Just like the notes played, humans will always give differing responses at different times because they will have changed emotionally. The melodious tunes have been forgotten and unmelodious ones have taken their place; in comparison, the previous unity and harmony have been replaced by disunity and tension in human minds and mankind. Shelley compares man to clouds and lyres in order to express his

Muses blessed mortal and immortal beings with their love of music. The Muses would pour some sort of dew on the tongues of individuals they choose to honor. Then the person would express words of thanks. Princes and kings are created by Zeus but there are certain princes and kings who also have the blessings of the Muses. Those who have been blessed by the Muses will be conspicuous in their speech and the way they look. Great quarrels will be resolved with gentle words and disputes in assemblies