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Headword: Salpinx
Adler number: sigma,66
Translated headword: trumpet
Vetting Status: high
Translation:

This [sc. musical] instrument [is] priestly; for priests used to use the trumpet.

Greek Original:

Salpinx: hieratikon touto to organon: hiereis gar echrônto têi salpingi.

Note:

See also sigma 67, sigma 68.

Reference:

M.L. West, Ancient Greek Music (Oxford 1992) 118-121, esp. 118 on its use in religious contexts.

Keywords: meter and music; religion
Translated by: David Whitehead on 22 February 2004@10:23:08.
Vetted by:

Catharine Roth (set status) on 5 June 2004@01:52:02.
David Whitehead (added bibliography) on 6 June 2004@08:21:25.

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