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μ454ΜελανιππίδηςMelanippides… (Campbell 91-111, fr. 291). He also introduced the 12-stringed cithara (Pherecrates fr.155 PCG vol. 7). M.L. West (Ancient Greek Music 357-58) and others regard him as the chief innovator of the "new music" and …Matched in noteshighshort
β488Βωμολοχεύσαιτο(if one) were to play the wit at the altar… the twelve-stringed cithara by Melanippides the younger (mu 454; cf. Pherecrates fr.155 PCG vol.7) and eleven-stringed by Timotheus (tau 620; cf. his Persians) allowed for octaves, a greater vocal range, chromatic coloring and, probably, …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1029Διθυραμβοδιδάσκαλοιdithyramb-directors… beta 488, kappa 2647, phi 761, delta 1650, chi 296; Pherecrates fr. 155 PCG vol. 7, Antiphanes fr. 207 PCG vol. 2, and the Bibliography below (esp. Anderson, Barker, Dunbar, Düring, West). d) self-conscious …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε2807Ἐποποῖepopoi (in hoopoe-ese)… a carrier pigeon (known in Athens by this time: cf. Pherecrates fr. 33 Kock (now 38 K.-A.), from the Graes, "Send off a pigeon announcing the message"), and the line imitates its excited cooing. …Matched in noteshighlong