Lyre

Loss in Hardy's The Convergence of the Twain and Kipling's Harp Song of the Dane Women The sadness of loss, and of what man has felt after something or someone is lost has been the subject of sadness and melancholy in many poems for many years. The two poems, "The convergence of the Twain' by Thomas Hardy and 'Harp song of the Dane women' by Rudyard Kipling both explore portrayal of loss but each in a very different ways. Although they do both seem similar in content

The Music of Africa You’ve Got Rhythm Sub-Saharan Africa Geography and Brief History of Sub-Saharan Africa Introduction to the Region • • • • Many Africans reckon the bonds of family laterally and linearly One village may have a genealogy of a common ancestor Professional caste of musicians memorize these genealogies and recite them in song Each musical instrument has a spirit of it own. Introduction to the Region: Polyrhythm • • The most distinctive of traditional African

From 1922 to 1934, an archaeologist names C. Leonard Woolley excavated the site of the ancient Sumerian city of Ur. ("The Royal Tombs of Ur.") During this excavation, Leonard Woolley was accompanied by his wife, Katherine Woolley, and a team of assistants to help excavate. Starting out by digging two trenches, after twelve seasons of digging, The Woolley's and their team discovered 18,000 graves. Among these graves were sixteen 'Royal Tombs' as Leonard Woolley described. These graves have been

metaphor to steal the lover’s heart and grab their attention. Giovanni uses imagery in the form of sight, hearing, and touch. “You to Jones Beach” is a example of sight, “Play the lyre for you” is a example of hearing, and “Dash you into the rain” is a example of touch. From seeing different places, to hearing the lyre or love songs, and from the feeling of dry to wet. These types of imagery takes the reader’s mind and places them in the poem. The theme of this poem is the declaration of love. The

Lybia, Keryx who was a lord of Attika, Eudoros who was a lord of Phthiotis, and Phaunos who was a barbaric Italian king. Hermes was symbolized by his winged boots, his purse, the caduceus, the ram and the petasos. Hermes created the first lyre. He created the first lyre from an empty shell of a tortoise by stringing sinews across it.

THE GODS/GODDESSES EXERCISE 1. The ancient Greek god chosen is Apollo who was an Olympian. 2. Apollo was the concept of light specifically rational thought, which is built based on reasoning. He was the concept of music and often portrayed playing a lyre. Apollo was also considered the god of healing and medicine, and was capable of spreading a disease but also containing it. He did not like competition and preferred to be the center of attention. Apollo never took on the role of being the one who

1.Simmias states how the relationship between the soul and body are the same as that between the harmony of a well-tuned lyre and the lyre itself. As we discussed in class, when one thing depends on another thing to exist, then if the latter is destroyed as a result the formal thing doesn’t exist either. For example, Socrates’ argument that the soul is immortal is incorrect in Simmias’ eyes because if the body is destroyed then the soul no longer exists (Phaedo, 462). Simmias uses this comparison

diversity in the verses. These rhythmic verses are accompanied by a lyre to give a melodic flow to the poem. Also lyric poetry having a shorter narrative that compares to the epics of Homer and Hesiod. The theme presented are politics, love, and war. These themes meant to convey expression of the Greek way of life and thinking. And these themes of drama emphasize on how the Greeks thought to a day-by-day basis. They are sung with a lyre to Greek individuals

such as; idiophones, membranophones, aerophones, and chordophones. This showed that even in one of the world’s earliest civilization, music played an important role in people’s everyday lives. One of the most known instrument from this time is the Lyre (Figure 1). Having this knowledge, allows a chance to look at how music intertwines into the lives of the ancient Mesopotamians and Egyptians. The idiophone is one of the simplest instrument of the ones listed. An idiophone produces sounds through

Orpheus was an extremely talented musician who used his gifted talent of playing the lyre to sooth and empower everyone that heard. But after all of this time making others happy he was missing something in his life, in which he found out what that was when he met the wood nymph Eurydice. Hymen the god of marriage came to bless the wedding, but even he and the omens opposed the marriage. These signs came out true as Eurydice was stuck in the leg by a viper and banished the underworld. Orpheus couldn’t