Ancient Greek Music - The Lyre of Classical Antiquity...

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  • Опубликовано: 4 окт 2010
  • This video features clips from 4 of my many albums of my of ancient lyre music, featuring both the actual surviving fragments of the music of Ancient Greece, as well as my original compositions for replica lyre, in a selection of some of the original Ancient Greek Modes...
    My albums of ancient Greek-themed lyre Music are available, anywhere in the world, from all major digital music stores and streaming sites, including iTunes, Amazon, Apple Music, Spotify and Google Play - free PDF booklets of all the detailed album notes are available from my website:
    ancientlyre.com/ancient_greek_...
    For full details, and all the historical research behind my myriad of "Musical Adventures in Time Travel", please visit my official website:
    www.ancientlyre.com
    Many thanks for watching!
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Комментарии • 2 тыс.

  • @runescapenoob24
    @runescapenoob24 6 лет назад +803

    I’m Portuguese and I have to say these songs are beautiful as well as Greek culture, thank you Greece for being the birthplace of western civilization.

    • @appleslover
      @appleslover 5 лет назад +31

      And yet it's not even considered "WESTERN"

    • @victoruribe8790
      @victoruribe8790 5 лет назад +31

      Gsr 70 it’s not the birthplace of western civilization. The native Americans were as advanced but we died off to diseases from Europe. Not to mention the “United States” plagiarized the constitution of Native American nation the Iroquois. Respect to Greece but Mayans had multiple megalópolis

    • @victoruribe8790
      @victoruribe8790 4 года назад +14

      Dick Thunder native Americans include Aztecs, Mayans (who had a megalopolis), and Incas. So I can say that they were as advanced if not far better than Europe. I mentioned Iroquois because without them we wouldn’t have the USA constitution

    • @xhappyponyxwasmyoldname1395
      @xhappyponyxwasmyoldname1395 4 года назад +15

      Victor Uribe We wouldn’t have the constitution? Why is that? I’ve never heard of this

    • @veritas8575
      @veritas8575 4 года назад +5

      It's music, not songs. Songs have words.

  • @6mibm144
    @6mibm144 6 лет назад +2399

    Greeks must be really proud of their past!

    • @enigmab1919
      @enigmab1919 6 лет назад +185

      Nico Gabriel you're probably jealous

    • @hellenicfire3775
      @hellenicfire3775 5 лет назад +192

      @@nicogabriel5667 cry anti greek propaganist

    • @petrosantoniou2147
      @petrosantoniou2147 5 лет назад +186

      @@nicogabriel5667 Turks?Lol is this rumor even believed by actual human beings?Jeez how stupid is the world these days..

    • @erichuang5785
      @erichuang5785 5 лет назад +161

      @@nicogabriel5667 Not true, the "Turks" are just Greeks who live in "Turkey".

    • @sleekismboyz605
      @sleekismboyz605 5 лет назад +40

      Eric Huang little did you know that civilisation came from greece

  • @ShowTheOreo
    @ShowTheOreo 5 лет назад +1294

    These songs cured my barbarianism

    • @Mladorossi_Bulgaria
      @Mladorossi_Bulgaria 4 года назад +34

      (bar bar bar)

    • @mykoo_
      @mykoo_ 4 года назад +21

      @IMPERIAL GANGLANDIA the song is so calming you don't have any option other than to rest your inner self. To leave your anger, your barbarianism behind.

    • @sirknighter2794
      @sirknighter2794 4 года назад +4

      IMPERIAL GANGLANDIA it’s a joke ..... because this was a civilised society and there were many (barbarian) tribes around then...... I really hope your comment was a joke otherwise my friend your very very stupid 🙁

    • @sirknighter2794
      @sirknighter2794 4 года назад +2

      IMPERIAL GANGLANDIA 😂👍

    • @justinmckay6309
      @justinmckay6309 3 года назад +2

      @IMPERIAL GANGLANDIA hello

  • @green0451
    @green0451 10 лет назад +541

    Greetings from Greece! Greetings from Hellas!

    • @Ruhnum
      @Ruhnum 9 лет назад +11

      ΥΠΕΡΗΦΑΝΟΣ ΓΙΑ ΤΗΝ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑ ΜΑΣ !

    • @orpheasnestos7444
      @orpheasnestos7444 8 лет назад +2

      Pitty, I enjoyed talking with you! It seems you are learning ,cause this time you didn't use any nasty words against me! That's progress! Good on you. Mirupafshim!

    • @user-ci7vu7eo9w
      @user-ci7vu7eo9w 5 лет назад +3

      @Taqifsha Nanen illyrians and sheet

    • @user-ci7vu7eo9w
      @user-ci7vu7eo9w 5 лет назад +1

      @Taqifsha Nanen illyrians?😂😂

    • @johnnykos5262
      @johnnykos5262 4 года назад +1

      its not greece. Its only Hellas

  • @MichaelJHuman
    @MichaelJHuman 10 лет назад +884

    Why do some people insist on political comments on the most apolitical videos possible? It's music people, not politics.

    • @paoloescamilla2170
      @paoloescamilla2170 7 лет назад +40

      Finally someone knocks some sense into everybody else's minds!

    • @johnsmith6087
      @johnsmith6087 7 лет назад +105

      because you can't have culture, people, societies, and all the rest of it without politics, it's all intertwined. sounds like you just saw something you disagree with.

    • @Mindful_Quotes
      @Mindful_Quotes 7 лет назад +21

      Because the Government has brain washed us and we have become enemies of our own planet, people and we warship money .

    • @kwidnunc
      @kwidnunc 6 лет назад +16

      Because it's RUclips.

    • @SweetBread-xf7hq
      @SweetBread-xf7hq 5 лет назад +26

      Wait until I pull out ancient Greek democracy

  • @danielxu647
    @danielxu647 10 лет назад +2479

    to be honest, this song weirdly helps me write my philosophy paper

    • @shechshire
      @shechshire 10 лет назад +91

      I do the same. The funny thing is that the greeks invented academia (school)

    • @shechshire
      @shechshire 10 лет назад +21

      *****
      Only if that's what you already have in mind before studying.

    • @Beanmachine91
      @Beanmachine91 10 лет назад +34

      ***** i know right? sometimes you have to bullshit yourself into thinking your a millionaire to become one, and/or pretend to be a pyramid builder to build things in minecraft

    • @skyninjakiller
      @skyninjakiller 10 лет назад +25

      shechshire we invented much more than that language, art, sculptures, theatres, mathematics, astronomy, philosphy, war tactics, etc

    • @amberleonardcasteel9087
      @amberleonardcasteel9087 7 лет назад +22

      Maybe, because the word 'philosophy' is Greek and the music gets you in a Greek-like vid.

  • @-o-1695
    @-o-1695 3 года назад +340

    Teenage Girl in Ancient Greece: I hope I don’t get molested by a swan
    Zeus:

  • @corneliusmcmuffin3256
    @corneliusmcmuffin3256 5 лет назад +417

    now THIS is classical music

    • @ancientgreek8043
      @ancientgreek8043 3 года назад +1

      yes!

    • @raspberrycrowns9494
      @raspberrycrowns9494 3 года назад +4

      I'd say it falls more under Ancient but you do you

    • @Stang428
      @Stang428 2 года назад +2

      It's literally not classical music.

    • @deathbyastonishment7930
      @deathbyastonishment7930 2 года назад +8

      @@Stang428 the time in history from which this music comes is called the “classical period”, the post was a pun

    • @Stang428
      @Stang428 2 года назад

      @@deathbyastonishment7930 You are incredibly wrong. Classical Period is between 1730-1820. Congrats on looking kinda stupid and then doubling down.

  • @user-wx1rp1hi6w
    @user-wx1rp1hi6w 10 лет назад +487

    this is so relaxing im proud, im GREEK!!!

    • @pocayonom
      @pocayonom 10 лет назад +49

      Greek people are the best!!!!!!

    • @Smoothbluehero
      @Smoothbluehero 9 лет назад +31

      When I listen to this music, I wish I was Greek.

    • @user-wx1rp1hi6w
      @user-wx1rp1hi6w 9 лет назад +16

      Smoothbluehero i think is gift from god to be greek but now our goverment is shit they want to destroy as our history our culture and EVERYTHINK sry for my eng

    • @AlgisKemezys
      @AlgisKemezys 9 лет назад +1

      .. I Love this music, Here is the music and Images I am exhibiting in Athens this January, Hope it works for you...,Born in Stone: Ancient Greek Sculpture, Photography Show

    • @jonasctone
      @jonasctone 7 лет назад

      Could you share the lyrics please? I really want to know what the song is about and details.

  • @AmericasChoice
    @AmericasChoice 5 лет назад +66

    There is an old saying - "To be ancient is to be fully modern."

    • @MichaelLevyMusic
      @MichaelLevyMusic  5 лет назад +13

      ...which is precisely why I have my obsession with creating my micro-niche musical genre of 'New Ancestral Music' - brand new compositions, but arranged for replica ancient lyres, using ancient musical modes & since 2012, also with ancient, pure intonations!

  • @tongucseferoglu
    @tongucseferoglu Месяц назад +16

    Who is still here in 2024?

  • @Smoothbluehero
    @Smoothbluehero 9 лет назад +368

    Ancient Greek music helps me connect with the past. The ancestors of Western civilization, the old Earth. A rather religious sentiment. This music makes me feel that somehow, the people today, and those of the past are all connected somehow, like a destiny, a common wisdom.

    • @Dryfee
      @Dryfee 6 лет назад +4

      woven, by three ladies?

    • @nickpayne4724
      @nickpayne4724 5 лет назад +31

      "the west"'s connection to ancient greece is a fiction of the renaissance. If most white/european nationalists from today (I assume you are one of these, by your comment and by your image) were transported to ancient greece they'd be revolted by its influences from india, persia, egypt, and the levant, by its cosmopolitanism, by its homosexuality.

    • @shane4018
      @shane4018 5 лет назад

      Woof woof

    • @user-dm5kv9gz8h
      @user-dm5kv9gz8h 5 лет назад +14

      Nick Payne unbelievable everything you said is wrong.

    • @shane4018
      @shane4018 5 лет назад +5

      @@user-dm5kv9gz8h "You're definitely wrong, I cannot list a single reason as to why but you definitely are."

  • @JosephusAurelius
    @JosephusAurelius 2 года назад +31

    Everyday I try to learn and emulate from the Ancient Greeks, they are the greatest civilisation in the history of humankind in my eyes. Thank you for this music Michael, it allows philhellenes like myself to continuously marvel

    • @user-xr7tr8rp9k
      @user-xr7tr8rp9k 11 месяцев назад

      🎉🎉🎉
      ❤❤❤❤

    • @ros.an.
      @ros.an. 10 месяцев назад +2

      i've only just stumbled upon this comment and want to say THANK YOU for introducing me to the word philhellene, I've always loved ancient Greek culture and also use it to guide much of what I do, I didn't know there's a term for people like us! it's so nice to be able to put a word to this huge part of who I am

    • @werakatschanowa2123
      @werakatschanowa2123 8 месяцев назад

      Да-да Я тоже восхищаюсь и так и вижу себя ГОСПОДИНОМ лежащим на прекрасной ложе с кучей рыбы пьющим вино СЛУШАЮЩИМ эту музыку которые умиротворяет расслабляет побуждает и возбуждает размышлять философствовать. Рабы обеспечивает мою комфортную жизнь "да-да надо бы ещё прикупить несколько сотен рабов" молодых рабынь.
      Уже давно понято сильными мира сего что НАМ НУЖЕН РАБОВЛАДЕЛЬЧЕСКИЙ МИРОПОРЯДОК В виде ЗОЛОТОГО МИЛЛИАРДА !!!
      ЭТО то что НАМ надо !!!

    • @emeraldcrusade5016
      @emeraldcrusade5016 5 месяцев назад

      I think the Aztecs, Incans, and Mayans were better but the Greeks were interesting.

  • @Tina4135
    @Tina4135 11 лет назад +35

    Many congratulations! I am Greek, living in Greece and your music made my heart skip a beat. Kudos for your work, research and accomplishments! I will spread the word. Tina

  • @invisiblekatie
    @invisiblekatie 9 лет назад +198

    Love this music. It is helping me study for my Classics exam :)

    • @Vato90Loco
      @Vato90Loco 9 лет назад +8

      Yeah me too that music is great for studying..like sitting near to Zeus..;)

    • @DenizzDogan
      @DenizzDogan 9 лет назад +3

      invisiblekatie Haha! I listen to this when I study for Classics, too!

    • @marcusstoica
      @marcusstoica 9 лет назад +4

      invisiblekatie I used the "Hymn to Zeus" song that Michael plays here as an intro to a song that I actually made as a project for my Classics class. It was really fun!

    • @vandaylen
      @vandaylen 8 лет назад +2

      +invisiblekatie I'm totally studying classics while listening to this

    • @itssnicoladsa
      @itssnicoladsa 7 лет назад +2

      lol same my exam is in 2 weeks gotta get into that vibe haha

  • @xRAPxPaulistano91
    @xRAPxPaulistano91 12 лет назад +450

    I LOVE GREECE, wish i was born there.
    But i'm from Brazil...

    • @PXGKOREA
      @PXGKOREA 6 лет назад +105

      Michael Ventura de Souza don’t denied your self and your family’s root. be proud

    • @MrJohnr20
      @MrJohnr20 5 лет назад +103

      It’s not a big deal being born
      Here
      It’s the Ancient Greek spirit
      And mindset you must gain
      And it’s for all the people

    • @Astyanaz
      @Astyanaz 4 года назад +38

      Be who you are wherever you are.

    • @Mr.Obongo
      @Mr.Obongo 4 года назад +42

      We’re all mammals at the end of the day

    • @ioannaathineos5269
      @ioannaathineos5269 4 года назад +33

      Well man you are welcome
      🇬🇷

  • @jacomanaco123
    @jacomanaco123 10 лет назад +190

    In Plato's Republic, Socrates regards music composed in the Dorian and Phrygian modes to be "simplistic" yet "beautiful." I don't know what modes these pieces use, but these works are beautiful. Thanks for your dedication to the revival of this ancient beauty.

    • @everydaywarriors
      @everydaywarriors 6 лет назад +2

      I assure you, he ascribed greater importance than "simplistic" and "beautiful" to them.

    • @shane4018
      @shane4018 5 лет назад +6

      And he would have all but two modes banned 😅

    • @jiimmyyy
      @jiimmyyy 5 лет назад

      Shane was that anything to do with Plato?

    • @shane4018
      @shane4018 5 лет назад +24

      @@jiimmyyy Yes. He very clearly states in 'the republic' that in his ideal society all but two modes (which are useful) should be banned. He thinks sad modes would promote sadness, happy modes would cause bawdyness and drunkenness etc.
      He would have all chromatic instruments banned and only allow diatonic instruments in Dorian and Phrygian (if I remember correctly).
      He'd even ban syncopated rhythms

    • @jiimmyyy
      @jiimmyyy 5 лет назад +1

      @@shane4018 crikey. Interesting how things turned out in the end.

  • @TheErikRamone
    @TheErikRamone 6 лет назад +74

    The perfection of music, humanity needs to study deeply the Greek culture, this is a great album, listening all day, thanks

  • @themistressladyg
    @themistressladyg 8 лет назад +104

    Looking for some lovely meditation music with an ancient sound. This is perfect. Thank you.

    • @MichaelLevyMusic
      @MichaelLevyMusic  8 лет назад +24

      Glad you enjoy my 'new ancestral music'! In our dismal modern increasingly manufactured 'musical' world, music has lost its soul.
      It is my musical mission to bring music forward again - by taking it back to its ancient roots, to hear once more the unique and fogotten qualities of each of the original ancient Greek modes, now long forgotten by our bland, standardized choice of either a major or minor key...
      Long live the reborn spirt of the music of our ancient past!

    • @oni741
      @oni741 8 лет назад +2

      +Michael Levy How do some people say it ain't Anciet Greek music? O__O They're a bit berserk.

    • @jonasctone
      @jonasctone 7 лет назад

      Could you share the lyrics? I really want to know it.

    • @mandismith7498
      @mandismith7498 4 года назад

      @@MichaelLevyMusic love your dedication to this long lost but absolutely beautiful style of music Michael Levy...I'm curious...what brought along this path to begin with? Very neat!!

    • @MichaelLevyMusic
      @MichaelLevyMusic  4 года назад

      @@mandismith7498 - glad you enjoy my ongoing musical obsession! Here is my website blog, describing in detail, how it all started:
      ancientlyre.com/blogs/the_inspiration_behind_my_musical_adventures_in_time_travel/

  • @luciusapuleius7933
    @luciusapuleius7933 4 года назад +24

    Friends, no need to bicker!
    The music is wonderful, and it's going quite beautifully with my Mavrodaphni of Patras by Kourtaki.
    The Greek civilisation is something even my people (Russians) owe a lot to.
    It is why my name is Dmitri and I am Orthodox Christian. It's all thanks to Greeks, and I'd like to think that a lot can be learned from the very cradle of our collective European civilisation.

    • @hishamhussain5163
      @hishamhussain5163 3 года назад

      You must worship Allah alone, with no partner, as Allah alone is the true God

    • @PeaceIsYeshua
      @PeaceIsYeshua 3 года назад +2

      @@hishamhussain5163
      Please research your faith. ❤️

    • @DMp-xp6mj
      @DMp-xp6mj 3 года назад

      Hey,greetings from Patras Greece, Mavrodaphni is a great wine.

  • @NiaKitty12
    @NiaKitty12 10 лет назад +124

    My whole body paralyzed from the first note!! Suddenly, my mind was clear, and my soul felt proud listening to this!! So peaceful! Thank God I'm Greek, and thank the ancient Greeks for their huge contribution in history.

    • @mr.raisin2492
      @mr.raisin2492 6 лет назад +9

      If a single note can paralyze you, then I assume you're probably dead if you listened to the entire video.

    • @kingnorthkai
      @kingnorthkai 6 лет назад +2

      you dead mon?

    • @oscar1847
      @oscar1847 3 года назад

      same

  • @leoguideleoguide4937
    @leoguideleoguide4937 7 лет назад +156

    Great Song I love Greece Culture and the Gods of Athens. respect from Armenia. I'm an Armenian and I hope we will Continue our Armenian-Greek Friendship.

    • @user-dm5kv9gz8h
      @user-dm5kv9gz8h 4 года назад +3

      May we always be friendly nations man!

    • @ioannaathineos5269
      @ioannaathineos5269 4 года назад +3

      He I don't know about the relationship, for, politics are harming people's relationships. Greece has never been an enemy. We are calm educated and proud of our ancestors and ourselves. We just despise countries which are against human race and spirit. Armenia is not this kind of country.
      So I guess we will continue

    • @leoguideleoguide4937
      @leoguideleoguide4937 4 года назад +1

      @Dill Pickle listen mite. That's not true all the parts of middle East from 2000 years or maybe thousand years ago were, Babylonians, Sumerians,Assyrians, Akadians, ancient Egyptians,ancient Greeks come on bro don't talk bullshit. Turks your people as you saying came from Most Far Part of Asia(English article). Turks are not aryan, and that part of your country belongs to Armenians, Greeks and A lot of ancient ethnic groups which don't exist now. We've never heard of you before. What's up with that you think despite being Armenian i must say to maybe some Europian people.

    • @leoguideleoguide4937
      @leoguideleoguide4937 4 года назад +1

      @Dill Pickle I could call you anything you wanted. You want a war? Huh? You want to talk on street language? I am trying to be polite but looks like you fucked up everything. If you don't want to be agree. Don't I don't give a shit. Looks like one day we'll meet each other in another place. GOODBYE MITE. You wanna see a real thing I will give it to you. And It makes sence. You got that. It's our land MITE. You didn't conquered it you stole it. One of the true conquerers in the world History was Alexander Great of Macedonia, who conquered a kingdom but never destroyed their culture, in opposite he respected that culture. You want me to tell you something else huh? You stole our Dolma which Is
      a native Armenian food what's up with that. That means Conquering??? Conquering means you go someplace, you took it, refreshing and rebuild that place, and also you respecting that people who are living in there, but you fight the soldiers and king but you don't kill the normal people by cutting their head or something else. You Understand??

    • @ioannaathineos5269
      @ioannaathineos5269 4 года назад +1

      @Dill Pickle my pardon. That's true but majority makes you all.... You voted your presidents

  • @kojiichino6884
    @kojiichino6884 5 лет назад +11

    I prefer Lyre to kithara.I am very fond of this sound of this playing of Lyre. Many thanks to Michael Levy for your showing open!

  • @kostasgus2797
    @kostasgus2797 9 лет назад +64

    EMΠΝΕΕΙ ΜΙΑ ΗΡΕΜΙΑ ΧΑΛΑΡΩΣΗ ΚΑΙ ΘΕΤΙΚΗ ΔΙΑΘΕΣΗ!ΕΙΜΑΙ ΥΠΕΡΗΦΑΝΟΣ ΓΙΑ ΤΗΝ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑ ΜΑΣ!

    • @servantofaeie1569
      @servantofaeie1569 5 лет назад +7

      Kostas Gus does ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑ mean history?

    • @linkinpilt9540
      @linkinpilt9540 5 лет назад +1

      @@servantofaeie1569 yep

    • @nodspruductionss3812
      @nodspruductionss3812 4 года назад +4

      Η περιφάνια μας έφαγε! Δημιουργία μηδέν :-(

    • @maariitaa638
      @maariitaa638 4 года назад +1

      @@nodspruductionss3812 είναι κακό να είσαι υπερήφανος; Είμαι ευγνώμων και υπερήφανη που γεννήθηκα Ελληνίδα!

    • @nodspruductionss3812
      @nodspruductionss3812 4 года назад +1

      @@maariitaa638 και εγω ειμαι περιφανος που ειμαι ελληνας. Αλλα δε νομιζω οι αρχαιοι να ηταν περιφανοι για μας αν μας εβλεπαν. 0 δημιουργια 0 πολιτισμος 0 ανθρωπισμος...

  • @chinchillionaire
    @chinchillionaire 5 лет назад +1763

    This slaps I wanna sacrifice some goats to Zeus with my boys to this tune

    • @princeofrance
      @princeofrance 4 года назад +25

      hell yeah im down lets get it

    • @theworldoverheavan560
      @theworldoverheavan560 4 года назад +4

      lol

    • @user-ho7xv6ig2r
      @user-ho7xv6ig2r 4 года назад +22

      Throw some water with your fingers on the head of the animal. If the animal raise he's head he have accepted he's sacrifice and you may proceed (no joke this is how ancients were doing it) I tryed it to my dog and she raised her head 😂

    • @AYan-oy6hb
      @AYan-oy6hb 4 года назад +14

      No need to. I don't think gods ask for this type of offerings now. Music like this and a personal offering is better.

    • @mojidoesthings4072
      @mojidoesthings4072 4 года назад +5

      Uh- genZ here,
      The fuck did you just say?
      Sad moment when you need a translator to understand millennials

  • @axr4832
    @axr4832 3 года назад +22

    So proud to be Greek🇬🇷🇨🇾

  • @mikaela.mpellou
    @mikaela.mpellou 4 года назад +58

    Είμαι πολύ περήφανη που είμαι Ελληνίδα! I'm proud to be Greek 💙💙💙

    • @gregorytokas8721
      @gregorytokas8721 Год назад

      Η περηφανια ειναι κακο πραγμα! Μην εισαι περηφανη, να εισαι χαρουμενη.

    • @Mr.Horror-r8s
      @Mr.Horror-r8s Год назад +1

      Ναι και Τώρα άντε τράβα να δουλέψεις για 500 ευρώ 10 ώρες χωρίς ένσημα 😂

  • @kennygates1192
    @kennygates1192 5 лет назад +11

    This 2000+ year old music is actually straight fire. I honestly really like it! A lot of it sounds like 90's RPG music.

  • @oracleowen
    @oracleowen 5 лет назад +8

    This brings me back to the days when Uncle Zeus used to smite mortals with his Legendary Lightningbolts.. Those were the times, kids these days just don't see lightningbolts like that anymore.

    • @hishamhussain5163
      @hishamhussain5163 3 года назад

      You must worship Allah alone, with no partner, as Allah alone is the true God

  • @PlanetYokoshima
    @PlanetYokoshima 5 лет назад +88

    I wish to go back in time :(

    • @nicostheocharous1990
      @nicostheocharous1990 4 года назад +8

      First we must build a time machine.
      I want to go back in time and kill Ephialtes. Then forward to 1453 with machine guns and S-300 missiles.

    • @Antiagingalchemy
      @Antiagingalchemy 4 года назад +2

      JakulaithWolff Me too sometimes

    • @user-gg6qi2ph2c
      @user-gg6qi2ph2c 4 года назад +3

      @@nicostheocharous1990 and then in 1920 and invade turkey with ak47

    • @ancientgreek8043
      @ancientgreek8043 3 года назад

      same

  • @gavin7756
    @gavin7756 6 лет назад +15

    The civilization that created the entire western world, so beautiful and intriguing

    • @AlphabetCookie
      @AlphabetCookie 4 года назад +2

      They didn't create the Western world. Facepalm.

    • @AlphabetCookie
      @AlphabetCookie 3 года назад

      @JJ Ddel Um yeah, because I'm speaking English. Who would have thought?

    • @AlphabetCookie
      @AlphabetCookie 3 года назад

      @JJ Ddel Dude, they're not the basis of the Western World. Why do you think that?

    • @AlphabetCookie
      @AlphabetCookie 3 года назад

      @JJ Ddel I already told you I'm speaking English. You are speaking English too. Are you really surprised that languages come from other languages? Do you think they just pop out of thin air?

    • @AlphabetCookie
      @AlphabetCookie 3 года назад

      @JJ Ddel You named ONE thing came from Greece, which is theater. Greek theater sucks so bad so we improved it.

  • @НиколаТанасић
    @НиколаТанасић 9 лет назад +6

    What you do here is truly beautiful, thank you for this musical treat, and keep up the good work! Thank you!

  • @NeivGabay
    @NeivGabay 10 лет назад +75

    Holy Apollo! It's beautiful

    • @MikhalisBramouell
      @MikhalisBramouell 4 года назад +3

      Apollo means "Destroyer" (participle of ἀπόλλυμι)

    • @dollartreejadenyuki6046
      @dollartreejadenyuki6046 4 года назад +3

      Μιχάλης well that escalated quickly

    • @mavennicole5936
      @mavennicole5936 4 года назад +5

      @@MikhalisBramouell and he was the god of light. so whats your point?

    • @MikhalisBramouell
      @MikhalisBramouell 4 года назад +1

      @@mavennicole5936 Lucifer is Latin for "Light-bearer"

    • @HanhTran-bg2wo
      @HanhTran-bg2wo 4 года назад +4

      Μιχάλης apollyon means destroyer, not apollo here🤦🏻‍♀️ they have similar name doesnt mean they are relevant.

  • @swampthing9940
    @swampthing9940 10 лет назад +7

    There is truly something magical about ancient Greek music

  • @josephkhouri9726
    @josephkhouri9726 10 лет назад +109

    I Am Assirian Well I Know My History .... And I Am Pruad Of This Great Nation Of Hellenik Pyzanthin History .... God Blles ....

    • @kingnorthkai
      @kingnorthkai 6 лет назад +5

      ur mum gay

    • @kingnorthkai
      @kingnorthkai 6 лет назад +3

      Panzerkampf 2099 a good weird though :)

    • @andrewflare1361
      @andrewflare1361 6 лет назад +5

      Respect to ancient Assyrian culture from Hellas.

    • @AZAZEL_TK
      @AZAZEL_TK 4 года назад +3

      @Joseph Khouri. Assyria is still alive till this day.

    • @picollojr9009
      @picollojr9009 4 года назад +2

      @@kingnorthkai you are ashaming your kin, Young one... May time knock wisdom back onto your head

  • @panagiotispapakostas2439
    @panagiotispapakostas2439 4 года назад +66

    ο κόσμος θέλει να μοιάσει του έλληνα και ο έλληνας του υπολοίπου κόσμου... η τραγική ειρωνεία

    • @acidangelxo
      @acidangelxo 3 года назад +3

      Well said.

    • @guitar-coverpipe5366
      @guitar-coverpipe5366 3 года назад

      I disagree

    • @nicklazarac3599
      @nicklazarac3599 3 года назад +3

      Ούτε καν! Κάνω το σταυρό μου για το πόσο τυχερός είμαι που γεννήθηκα Έλληνας

    • @danael3165
      @danael3165 3 года назад +9

      Του αρχαίου Έλληνα θες να πεις μη τον συγκρίνεις με τον νεοέλληνα..

    • @llanianemesis
      @llanianemesis 3 года назад +4

      Πεστα!

  • @PotHead98
    @PotHead98 9 месяцев назад +5

    Wow I remember being 21 when this came out. Now I’m 2,876 and I can’t still remember the memories hearing it for the first time at Mikonos after party. I had to steal a chariot just to get home

  • @Nihiera
    @Nihiera 10 лет назад +709

    In croatia we need to learn ancient greek in school

    • @ryangranato5010
      @ryangranato5010 10 лет назад +9

      Stella Paradis Why?

    • @Nihiera
      @Nihiera 10 лет назад +73

      Ryan Granato
      because it is going to be 'helpful' when we finish college and can't find a job in our 'rich' country

    • @ryangranato5010
      @ryangranato5010 10 лет назад +5

      Stella Paradis Oh ok thanks.

    • @Smoothbluehero
      @Smoothbluehero 9 лет назад +48

      But do you actually come out of school being able to speak and understand it? Its not like Spanish classes in American high schools right? The only thing they learn is "Me Gusta".
      If you do actually learn, I feel many people would feel jealous of you, I know I am. Tell anyone that you can write and speak Ancient Greek, they'll think you're an intellectual!

    • @Gameshunter3012
      @Gameshunter3012 9 лет назад +79

      Smoothbluehero Anyone who can speak and understand Classical Greek, Latin or Old English/German and other ancient and Medieval languages IS by definition an intellectual...

  • @superabuela86
    @superabuela86 9 лет назад +8

    great for relaxing with tea ejoying the afternoon sun light. nice

  • @gabbib55
    @gabbib55 7 лет назад +3

    Thank you for this amazing video!

  • @srbinbrate88
    @srbinbrate88 6 лет назад +57

    There is only one and true culture, and its Greek! Greetings from Serbia!

    • @ioannaathineos5269
      @ioannaathineos5269 4 года назад +2

      Hello man. We know . Greetings from 🇬🇷🇬🇷

    • @fosakos6957
      @fosakos6957 3 года назад +1

      We love you too Brother

    • @monstermadness3998
      @monstermadness3998 3 года назад

      Looking into Tartaria would make it seem that Greek culture, technology and influence spread out across the entire world and looking into Hermetics would make it seem that we actually predated even Judaism and Moses was taught by the later version of Hermes. History has been so twisted so it is hard to say what the truth is

  • @sihaanm
    @sihaanm 8 лет назад +4

    This is precious!! Thank you!!!💜💜💜💜

  • @leylasandu7904
    @leylasandu7904 11 лет назад +2

    I cannot stop listening this!It's very relaxing and amazing in the same time.Thanks for posting this!

  • @DimitrisVallis
    @DimitrisVallis Месяц назад +1

    Thank you, Michael. Very good job!

  • @FabledHeroes3351
    @FabledHeroes3351 6 лет назад +3

    Such a beautiful melody!!!!

  • @verdew8181
    @verdew8181 8 лет назад +19

    Ancient music has a particular intoxicating effect on my mind different from most modern music. Also it is medicinal in a practical way. I have tinnitus and there are a bunch of anti-tinnitus videos. My favorite has tiny bells tuned in "hypophrygian" mode, rushing waterfalls, chirping crickets, and distant thunder. Supposedly Pythagoras taught how to use music as medical therapy. It is meant to "speak" a "mantra" to the "throat chakra", diminishing the tinnitus. It does work for me.

    • @PixelLife101
      @PixelLife101 7 лет назад

      Power of belief, whatever works for you I guess mate.

    • @lemongrass4387
      @lemongrass4387 5 лет назад

      only athenian kids will understand

  • @blackhawkX02
    @blackhawkX02 6 лет назад +1

    Such a beautiful collection, a time when music was mostly for relaxation, thanks for sharing.

  • @JackLupic
    @JackLupic 8 лет назад +1

    Haunting, soulful music from ancient past. Thank you Michael Levy.

  • @oliviaespinxza82
    @oliviaespinxza82 7 лет назад +7

    Love this video it keeps me calm and gets my dog to fall asleep .Keep it up levy !!!😁😃

  • @gessicastill2636
    @gessicastill2636 4 года назад +3

    so soothing, i could listen for hours

  • @motherrobin2
    @motherrobin2 6 лет назад +1

    Lovely.Soothing. Hypnotic. Will be using alongside my art lesson on black-figure pottery for my elementary students as background music

  • @emoney3618
    @emoney3618 Год назад +1

    This is stunningly beautiful. Thank you.

  • @lonelyqueen86
    @lonelyqueen86 7 лет назад +16

    I have seen the Ghostly procession at Cumae...a celebration of a summer long ago, pale figures dancing and marching in ecstasy....Long dead ones with wilted flowers in their hair....the moon shown high on the plain as they danced to music only they could hear

  • @amitchowdhuryslg
    @amitchowdhuryslg 11 лет назад +7

    Greetings from INDIA...
    WONDERFUL MUSIC !! GREAT CULTURE!!
    Great job done---Images are superb...loved it very much..
    Thank you for sharing and uploading...

  • @mollymidway
    @mollymidway 3 года назад +1

    Beautiful. Thank you Michael Levy!

  • @Elias_Warshop
    @Elias_Warshop 11 лет назад +1

    This is freaking amazing! This is the first time I've heard a lyre in action! I am forever indebted to you for showing me such lovely music C:

  • @Ruhnum
    @Ruhnum 9 лет назад +21

    ΥΠΕΡΗΦΑΝΟΣ ΓΙΑ ΤΗΝ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑ ΜΑΣ !!!!

  • @Enki1013
    @Enki1013 11 лет назад +16

    Shaking my head in amused disbelief, as I read still yet another goofy food fight in the comment sections while calm, lovely music is playing in the video.

  • @irmin8196
    @irmin8196 5 месяцев назад

    Wirklich sehr schön, diese Zusammenstellung

  • @demeter9191
    @demeter9191 5 лет назад

    Beauttiful! Thanks,dear M. lewy!

  • @chandrashekhara.k.1928
    @chandrashekhara.k.1928 11 лет назад +5

    A great cerebral civilisation - the Greeks - and their calm soft music reflects their minds seeking simplicity in the complexities of life.

  • @KarlKeesel
    @KarlKeesel 8 лет назад +8

    wonderful music!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @gemineye9796
    @gemineye9796 4 года назад +1

    I fall asleep listening to this, it’s very soothing and helps with my insomnia at night!! Thanks for sharing

  • @DeborahPetersCreations
    @DeborahPetersCreations 13 лет назад +1

    Absolutely Beautiful Michael!

  • @thehumble5983
    @thehumble5983 5 лет назад +27

    greeting from Carthage !

  • @adrasthe314
    @adrasthe314 5 лет назад +13

    Wait you composed this and you're the one playing?! Holy shit you are an amazing musician 0_0 I'm definetely going to get these albums on spotify asap!

    • @MichaelLevyMusic
      @MichaelLevyMusic  5 лет назад +21

      Glad you like the 'musical adventure in time travel'! In answer to your question, yes, I am the musician playing the lyre in this video and yes, about 90% of the tunes featured in this presentation were my own original compositions for lyre, in a selection of some of the original ancient Greek musical modes.
      The remaining 10% or so, include my arrangements for solo lyre of some of the actual ancient Greek notated melodies which have survived in alphabetical ancient Greek musical notation, preserved either engraved in stone etc - the challenge to the listener, is to try and work out which is an original composition and which is an original ancient Greek melody!
      The coolest thing to have happened since posting this video, is that the Grammy award winning composer, Rufus Wainwright also heard my music and adapted an excerpt of my "Hymn to Zeus" (the first track heard in this presentation) in 2 scenes of his mega monumentally proportioned, ancient Roman-themed 2nd opera, "Hadrian" - and this was a tune I conjured up and recorded in my spare room!!!

    • @adrasthe314
      @adrasthe314 5 лет назад +3

      @@MichaelLevyMusic Holy heck that's so cool 0_0 thanks for making such amazing music!

  • @janelmcdaniel3868
    @janelmcdaniel3868 9 лет назад

    Beautiful music also loved looking at the art work

  • @Daves_PianoAndPipes
    @Daves_PianoAndPipes 2 года назад

    That is really fascinating! Thank you so much for sharing this lovely music 😮

  • @KB4QAA
    @KB4QAA 9 лет назад +8

    Thanks so much for your efforts in exploring the ancient music. We may not have the exact melodies, but instrument speaks to us nonetheless. I wish this sort of recreation had been available decades ago when I was in school studying classic history and philosphy. It would have helped me better connect with the ancients. b.

  • @elisamonguzzi
    @elisamonguzzi 5 лет назад +4

    Beautiful 🤗🤗🤗

  • @kookiplops8444
    @kookiplops8444 11 лет назад

    Thank you so much for posting your amazing work on RUclips. This may be what I need to keep me writing!

  • @MultiDudes45
    @MultiDudes45 10 лет назад +1

    This is awesome, we listened to this in my classroom and I wanted to do a little more research on it and hear different tunes and this is just fantastic. Very relaxing.

  • @thrallfrostwolf894
    @thrallfrostwolf894 10 лет назад +4

    God this is so relaxing.

  • @anzanmahfuz8008
    @anzanmahfuz8008 4 года назад +46

    Greek is Greek ...soul of civilization

  • @LilyNoelleArt
    @LilyNoelleArt 11 лет назад

    Fascinating! You are doing beautiful work.

  • @oscarjuliano
    @oscarjuliano 10 лет назад +1

    Aristotle becomes clearer and single hearing this marvelous music! thankss a lot...

  • @daised_mk9529
    @daised_mk9529 4 года назад +4

    This makes me calm and sleepy

    • @MichaelLevyMusic
      @MichaelLevyMusic  4 года назад

      For even more soothing lyre music, do also please check out my 2017 compilation album, "Ancient Lyre Music for Meditation" - available from all the usual digital music platforms, higher quality 320kbps MP3's of this release can now be downloaded direct from my website:
      ancientlyre.com/album/1302197/ancient-lyre-music-for-meditation

  • @Realmkeeper12
    @Realmkeeper12 8 лет назад +39

    Good music it's Greek to me

  • @cyberlioness
    @cyberlioness 10 лет назад

    Really beautiful. It is enchanted and enchanting both.

  • @horsensscope
    @horsensscope 11 лет назад

    Thank you for your wonderful ancient music. Takes me back...

  • @Styxintheriver
    @Styxintheriver 5 лет назад +13

    I'm being commissioned to write a piece that's half ancient greek, modern, so this definitely helps with my research. thanks!

  • @harisyannoukos33
    @harisyannoukos33 7 лет назад +3

    very nice work mister!you must have done a lot of research

  • @milesbeler3974
    @milesbeler3974 9 лет назад +1

    Hey, i've heard your work before. Great job, and thanks for the music!

  • @MagnusMoranus
    @MagnusMoranus 11 лет назад

    This music is truly inspiring, just hearing it takes one on a journey as if it tells of a story that was lost in time.. it's as beautiful as it is eloquent

  • @RavenousMedicine
    @RavenousMedicine 11 лет назад +13

    This was VERY nice. I've had quite a fascination with Greece for some time now. So much so that i'm turning my passion into a career. Classical archaeology with an emphasis on the bronze age. This passion was even more so reinforced when i visited my best friend in Athens almost 2 years ago now. Despite all the horrors and hardship going on there now, I miss it horribly. When I listen to something like this, it's intensified, but I like that. Thank you.

    • @PeaceIsYeshua
      @PeaceIsYeshua 3 года назад

      This is awesome that you found a passion to pursue. How is the career going? 😊

    • @RavenousMedicine
      @RavenousMedicine 3 года назад +1

      @@PeaceIsYeshua thanks for asking! i obtained my MA in Archaeology in 2018 Things have been in a bit of a lul since then due to Covid and a couple of other matters but I'm hoping to continue on soon. It's been a good ride so far! not always easy. Hell, a lot of times its not but it beats the alternative. Ha, i forgot I'd even made this post.

    • @PeaceIsYeshua
      @PeaceIsYeshua 3 года назад +1

      @@RavenousMedicine
      Aww!! That’s awesome! Yeah, I guess the things we want in life are never easy, but I think it’s so great that you found your passion and pursued it!! It’s not something everyone gets to do, and it made me happy to read. Hang in there, and blessings to you!! 😊

    • @RavenousMedicine
      @RavenousMedicine 3 года назад +1

      @@PeaceIsYeshua you too, take care.

    • @PeaceIsYeshua
      @PeaceIsYeshua 3 года назад

      @@RavenousMedicine
      Thanks so much!! 🙏🏻☺️❤️

  • @alkevinzmedia
    @alkevinzmedia 5 лет назад +39

    Whose listening to this in 2019 A.D ?

  • @littleturtlecgj
    @littleturtlecgj 11 лет назад

    This is relaxing and I would like to thank you for sharing your talent. I just bought your album on Amazon. Thank you Michael!

  • @jekk23
    @jekk23 8 лет назад

    I'm an admirer of your work, sir. Splendid stuff.

  • @professionalvr
    @professionalvr 4 года назад +7

    This music helps me with the studies for the entry tests for a PhD program in Greek archaeology. As a person, who has a BA and MA in Classical archaeology, I will ask what sourses do you you use to reconstruct ancient music and musical instruments ? I really like the work that you are doing. Keep up the good work.

    • @MichaelLevyMusic
      @MichaelLevyMusic  4 года назад +7

      Glad you like the 'musical time travel'! Although I have arranged a few actual fragments of surviving fragments of notated ancient music for my various lyres, 90% of my repertoire, is, in fact, my own original compositions for recreated lyres; but created using both documented ancient musical modes and since 2012, the purer ancient tuning system of just intonation.
      I base my lyre playing technique on both what I can infer from illustrations of actual ancient lyre players and also on the lyre playing techniques still practiced as living traditions throughout the continent of Africa today - where no doubt the lyre was most likely introduced via trade routes between the ancient Near East and ancient Egypt.
      The challenge I put to the listener of this RUclips presentation, is to try and identify which pieces are my arrangements of actual, surviving notated ancient Greek music; and which tracks are my own ''historically inspired" creation!

  • @thegreekpro
    @thegreekpro 8 лет назад +325

    BRAVO!!!!! Those people who say Ancient Greece never existed are stupid because they obviously never studies their history!!!

    • @ranko.5930
      @ranko.5930 8 лет назад +122

      +Ποντιακή εραστής who actually says that?

    • @thegreekpro
      @thegreekpro 8 лет назад +68

      ranko. vic FYROMians and some Albanians. They say Greece was invented by the Germans and Turks which is so stupid.

    • @ranko.5930
      @ranko.5930 8 лет назад +63

      Ποντιακή εραστής of course albanians , i should have known it. lack of education spotted.

    • @thegreekpro
      @thegreekpro 8 лет назад +29

      ranko. vic Well there are some that believe Greece existed so not all of them, but most of them. I swear the only countries that support Greece are Serbia and Russia.

    • @ranko.5930
      @ranko.5930 8 лет назад +14

      +Ποντιακή εραστής of course, they are orthodox brothers ;) to bad we West-Europeans are not doing it , we just put greece in a worse situation.

  • @peterlynch2193
    @peterlynch2193 5 лет назад +1

    Was quite impressed by the playing of this music!

  • @gojcgo1987
    @gojcgo1987 2 года назад

    This is beautiful, the music tells a story. The story is not only of war but of life in general.

  • @endjoybird
    @endjoybird 4 года назад +6

    Greeting from Armenia , Greek brothers

    • @hishamhussain5163
      @hishamhussain5163 3 года назад +1

      You must worship Allah alone, with no partner, as Allah alone is the true God

  • @ziziziaco5368
    @ziziziaco5368 8 лет назад +33

    I will use this for my history presentation :D

    • @kingnorthkai
      @kingnorthkai 6 лет назад +1

      how did it go?

    • @trepimero5530
      @trepimero5530 6 лет назад +3

      Kai Weegy Not very well I suppose since he refused to answer...

  • @DIANAROSS4EVER
    @DIANAROSS4EVER 11 лет назад +2

    Very relaxing, love ancient greeks they never fail to surprise me!

  • @BornHero
    @BornHero 6 лет назад

    Absolutely incredible. Really resonates with the soul.

  • @anni-florenceberger7231
    @anni-florenceberger7231 Год назад +3

    Meme si nous l oubliions parfois, il y a plus de choses qui nous unissent que de choses qui nous divisent ces contes, ces legentes, ces chansons ancients et ces musiques, transmis de generation en generation. Voila comment commencer un de votre journee avec la sagesse de l etre humain. La passion ne s arrete jamais quand tu as le regard de l amour. ♥️

  • @IanHunedoara8
    @IanHunedoara8 8 лет назад +32

    The ruins of Delphai have a stone facade with musical notation inscribed so wqe have some idea of Classic period melodies. Greek music has been influenced by the tides of history including Celt Roman Byzantine and Ottoman.

    • @LeLoS95
      @LeLoS95 7 лет назад +16

      Fuck ottomans

    • @fabulousknight1960
      @fabulousknight1960 7 лет назад +2

      +LeLoS95 Byzzaboos are the worst.
      You should thank the Ottomans for putting it out of its misery.

    • @fabulousknight1960
      @fabulousknight1960 7 лет назад +2

      Evaggelia Rellou Turkey's a bit more powerful than greece m8.

    • @LeLoS95
      @LeLoS95 7 лет назад +6

      Evaggelia Rellou ti ta vazeis me tous mongolous , mialo den exoun

    • @anna-mariagio3391
      @anna-mariagio3391 7 лет назад +1

      And less educated

  • @lydiandreamwork9345
    @lydiandreamwork9345 7 лет назад

    Incredible. Thank you very much.

  • @69chercher
    @69chercher 11 лет назад

    So beautiful. I feel a part of antiquity listening to this.