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An impromptu 'live from my Summer garden“ performance of “The Song of Calliope“ - an original piece for recreated ancient Greek lyre, which formed track 2 from my 2021 album, “Echoes of Ancient Greece“. Available from all the usual digital music platforms, studio quality audio plus a PDF booklet of detailed album notes are available from Bandcamp: Calliope was an ancient Greek goddess of music, song and dance and was specifically named as the Muse of Epic Poetry. In this role, Calliope was normally depicted with a writing tablet in her hand. Regrettably, today's live rendition of this piece was inevitably slightly tainted by omnipresent 21st century background noises, but I just hope the views of the lovely summer blossoms surrounding my lyre appease the ancient Greek goddess from any potential retribution! Calliope was also said to be the muse who bestowed the gift of eloquence about mortal kings, coming to them when they were a baby, and anointing their lips in honey. As a result of Calliope’s actions, when adults, the anointed ones would spout gracious words, and utter true judgements. Calliope was also considered to be the leader of the Muses, the wisest of the sisters, and also the most assertive. The marriage of Calliope and the Thracian King Oeagrus was said to have brought forth Orpheus and Linus. Orpheus was the great musical hero of Greek mythology and Linus was the inventor of rhythm and melody. When her son Orpheus was dismembered by the Bakkhantes (Bacchantes), she recovered his head and enshrined on the island of Lesbos. Her name means “beautiful-voiced“ (from the Greek words 'kallos' and 'ops') - this fascinating characteristic of Calliope was the main inspiration for this new piece of music for the recreated ancient lyre. The lyre I am playing, is the marvellously mythological looking 'Lyre of Thamyris' - a chelys (tortoise shell form) lyre with a soundboard of skin, handmade in modern Greece by Luthieros: To hear a multitude more of my 'musical adventures in time travel', please check out all my official artist links below: Subscribe: Official Artist Links: Official Website: Digital Music Artist Profiles: Spotify: iTunes & Apple Music: Amazon: Bandcamp: Facebook Page: Twitter: Instagram: Patreon:
