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

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ต.ค. 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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  • @ShowTheOreo
    @ShowTheOreo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1284

    These songs cured my barbarianism

    • @Mladorossi_Bulgaria
      @Mladorossi_Bulgaria 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      (bar bar bar)

    • @mykoo_
      @mykoo_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      IMPERIAL GANGLANDIA 😂👍

    • @justinmckay6309
      @justinmckay6309 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @IMPERIAL GANGLANDIA hello

  • @6mibm144
    @6mibm144 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2394

    Greeks must be really proud of their past!

    • @enigmab1919
      @enigmab1919 6 ปีที่แล้ว +184

      Nico Gabriel you're probably jealous

    • @hellenicfire3775
      @hellenicfire3775 5 ปีที่แล้ว +192

      @@nicogabriel5667 cry anti greek propaganist

    • @petrosantoniou2147
      @petrosantoniou2147 5 ปีที่แล้ว +186

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

    • @erichuang5785
      @erichuang5785 5 ปีที่แล้ว +161

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

    • @sleekismboyz605
      @sleekismboyz605 5 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      Eric Huang little did you know that civilisation came from greece

  • @runescapenoob24
    @runescapenoob24 6 ปีที่แล้ว +800

    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 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      And yet it's not even considered "WESTERN"

    • @victoruribe8790
      @victoruribe8790 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +15

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

    • @veritas8575
      @veritas8575 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

  • @-o-1695
    @-o-1695 3 ปีที่แล้ว +334

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

    • @hishamhussain5163
      @hishamhussain5163 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

    • @ioanniskonovesis3438
      @ioanniskonovesis3438 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Honk

    • @angelohieronymous2692
      @angelohieronymous2692 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Teenage boy: I hope I don't meet a man while strolling the stoa

    • @sophia9568
      @sophia9568 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      OMG😭😭

    • @neilnova2062
      @neilnova2062 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Leda and the swan

  • @danielxu647
    @danielxu647 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2476

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

    • @shechshire
      @shechshire 10 ปีที่แล้ว +91

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

    • @shechshire
      @shechshire 10 ปีที่แล้ว +21

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

    • @Beanmachine91
      @Beanmachine91 10 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +25

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

    • @amberleonardcasteel9087
      @amberleonardcasteel9087 7 ปีที่แล้ว +22

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

  • @corneliusmcmuffin3256
    @corneliusmcmuffin3256 5 ปีที่แล้ว +415

    now THIS is classical music

    • @ancientgreek8043
      @ancientgreek8043 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      yes!

    • @raspberrycrowns9494
      @raspberrycrowns9494 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

    • @Stang428
      @Stang428 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It's literally not classical music.

    • @deathbyastonishment7930
      @deathbyastonishment7930 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

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

    • @Stang428
      @Stang428 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @green0451
    @green0451 10 ปีที่แล้ว +542

    Greetings from Greece! Greetings from Hellas!

    • @Ruhnum
      @Ruhnum 9 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      ΥΠΕΡΗΦΑΝΟΣ ΓΙΑ ΤΗΝ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑ ΜΑΣ !

    • @orpheasnestos7444
      @orpheasnestos7444 8 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Taqifsha Nanen illyrians and sheet

    • @user-ci7vu7eo9w
      @user-ci7vu7eo9w 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Taqifsha Nanen illyrians?😂😂

    • @johnnykos5262
      @johnnykos5262 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      its not greece. Its only Hellas

  • @MichaelJHuman
    @MichaelJHuman 10 ปีที่แล้ว +883

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

    • @paoloescamilla2170
      @paoloescamilla2170 7 ปีที่แล้ว +40

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

    • @johnsmith6087
      @johnsmith6087 7 ปีที่แล้ว +106

      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 6 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Because it's TH-cam.

    • @SweetBread-xf7hq
      @SweetBread-xf7hq 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Wait until I pull out ancient Greek democracy

  • @Smoothbluehero
    @Smoothbluehero 9 ปีที่แล้ว +366

    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 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      woven, by three ladies?

    • @nickpayne4724
      @nickpayne4724 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว

      Woof woof

    • @user-dm5kv9gz8h
      @user-dm5kv9gz8h 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Nick Payne unbelievable everything you said is wrong.

    • @shane4018
      @shane4018 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

  • @AmericasChoice
    @AmericasChoice 5 ปีที่แล้ว +66

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

    • @MichaelLevyMusic
      @MichaelLevyMusic  5 ปีที่แล้ว +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!

  • @user-wx1rp1hi6w
    @user-wx1rp1hi6w 10 ปีที่แล้ว +487

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

    • @pocayonom
      @pocayonom 10 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      Greek people are the best!!!!!!

    • @Smoothbluehero
      @Smoothbluehero 9 ปีที่แล้ว +31

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

    • @user-wx1rp1hi6w
      @user-wx1rp1hi6w 9 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @xRAPxPaulistano91
    @xRAPxPaulistano91 12 ปีที่แล้ว +450

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

    • @PXGKOREA
      @PXGKOREA 6 ปีที่แล้ว +105

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

    • @MrJohnr20
      @MrJohnr20 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Be who you are wherever you are.

    • @Mr.Obongo
      @Mr.Obongo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      We’re all mammals at the end of the day

    • @ioannaathineos5269
      @ioannaathineos5269 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Well man you are welcome
      🇬🇷

  • @JosephusAurelius
    @JosephusAurelius 2 ปีที่แล้ว +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 หลายเดือนก่อน

      🎉🎉🎉
      ❤❤❤❤

    • @ros.an.
      @ros.an. 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +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 หลายเดือนก่อน

      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 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @Tina4135
    @Tina4135 11 ปีที่แล้ว +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

  • @luciusapuleius7933
    @luciusapuleius7933 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @PeaceIsYeshua
      @PeaceIsYeshua 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@hishamhussain5163
      Please research your faith. ❤️

    • @DMp-xp6mj
      @DMp-xp6mj 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @TheErikRamone
    @TheErikRamone 6 ปีที่แล้ว +74

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

  • @NiaKitty12
    @NiaKitty12 10 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      you dead mon?

    • @oscar1847
      @oscar1847 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      same

  • @jacomanaco123
    @jacomanaco123 10 ปีที่แล้ว +191

    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 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @shane4018
      @shane4018 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      And he would have all but two modes banned 😅

    • @jiimmyyy
      @jiimmyyy 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Shane was that anything to do with Plato?

    • @shane4018
      @shane4018 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @invisiblekatie
    @invisiblekatie 9 ปีที่แล้ว +198

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

    • @Vato90Loco
      @Vato90Loco 9 ปีที่แล้ว +8

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

    • @DenizzDogan
      @DenizzDogan 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @marcusstoica
      @marcusstoica 9 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @itssnicoladsa
      @itssnicoladsa 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @axr4832
    @axr4832 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    So proud to be Greek🇬🇷🇨🇾

  • @kojiichino6884
    @kojiichino6884 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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!

  • @themistressladyg
    @themistressladyg 8 ปีที่แล้ว +104

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

    • @MichaelLevyMusic
      @MichaelLevyMusic  8 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @jonasctone
      @jonasctone 7 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @mandismith7498
      @mandismith7498 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@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 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@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/

  • @chinchillionaire
    @chinchillionaire 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1762

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

    • @princeofrance
      @princeofrance 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      hell yeah im down lets get it

    • @theworldoverheavan560
      @theworldoverheavan560 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      lol

    • @user-ho7xv6ig2r
      @user-ho7xv6ig2r 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

  • @kostasgus2797
    @kostasgus2797 9 ปีที่แล้ว +64

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

    • @servantofaeie1569
      @servantofaeie1569 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Kostas Gus does ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑ mean history?

    • @linkinpilt9540
      @linkinpilt9540 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@servantofaeie1569 yep

    • @nodspruductionss3812
      @nodspruductionss3812 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Η περιφάνια μας έφαγε! Δημιουργία μηδέν :-(

    • @maariitaa638
      @maariitaa638 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @nodspruductionss3812
      @nodspruductionss3812 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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...

  • @mikaela.mpellou
    @mikaela.mpellou 4 ปีที่แล้ว +58

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

    • @gregorytokas8721
      @gregorytokas8721 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @Mr.Horror-r8s
      @Mr.Horror-r8s 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

  • @НиколаТанасић
    @НиколаТанасић 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

  • @kennygates1192
    @kennygates1192 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    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 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @leoguideleoguide4937
    @leoguideleoguide4937 7 ปีที่แล้ว +157

    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 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      May we always be friendly nations man!

    • @ioannaathineos5269
      @ioannaathineos5269 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @sihaanm
    @sihaanm 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @leylasandu7904
    @leylasandu7904 11 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @gavin7756
    @gavin7756 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

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

    • @AlphabetCookie
      @AlphabetCookie 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      They didn't create the Western world. Facepalm.

    • @AlphabetCookie
      @AlphabetCookie 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @AlphabetCookie
      @AlphabetCookie 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @AlphabetCookie
      @AlphabetCookie 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @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 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @PlanetYokoshima
    @PlanetYokoshima 5 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    I wish to go back in time :(

    • @nicostheocharous1990
      @nicostheocharous1990 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      JakulaithWolff Me too sometimes

    • @user-gg6qi2ph2c
      @user-gg6qi2ph2c 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @ancientgreek8043
      @ancientgreek8043 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      same

  • @gabbib55
    @gabbib55 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you for this amazing video!

  • @JackLupic
    @JackLupic 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @DimitrisVallis
    @DimitrisVallis 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Thank you, Michael. Very good job!

  • @verdew8181
    @verdew8181 8 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @lemongrass4387
      @lemongrass4387 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      only athenian kids will understand

  • @FabledHeroes3351
    @FabledHeroes3351 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Such a beautiful melody!!!!

  • @PotHead98
    @PotHead98 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +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

  • @gessicastill2636
    @gessicastill2636 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    so soothing, i could listen for hours

  • @swampthing9940
    @swampthing9940 10 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    There is truly something magical about ancient Greek music

  • @tongucseferoglu
    @tongucseferoglu หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Who is still here in 2024?

    • @lafther210
      @lafther210 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      B.c. Or A.D?

  • @blackhawkX02
    @blackhawkX02 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @mollymidway
    @mollymidway 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Beautiful. Thank you Michael Levy!

  • @oliviaespinxza82
    @oliviaespinxza82 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

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

  • @superabuela86
    @superabuela86 9 ปีที่แล้ว +8

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

  • @horsensscope
    @horsensscope 11 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @emoney3618
    @emoney3618 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is stunningly beautiful. Thank you.

  • @NeivGabay
    @NeivGabay 10 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    Holy Apollo! It's beautiful

    • @MikhalisBramouell
      @MikhalisBramouell 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Apollo means "Destroyer" (participle of ἀπόλλυμι)

    • @dollartreejadenyuki6046
      @dollartreejadenyuki6046 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Μιχάλης well that escalated quickly

    • @mavennicole5936
      @mavennicole5936 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

    • @MikhalisBramouell
      @MikhalisBramouell 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @HanhTran-bg2wo
      @HanhTran-bg2wo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @Ruhnum
    @Ruhnum 9 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    ΥΠΕΡΗΦΑΝΟΣ ΓΙΑ ΤΗΝ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑ ΜΑΣ !!!!

  • @DeborahPetersCreations
    @DeborahPetersCreations 13 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Absolutely Beautiful Michael!

  • @Elias_Warshop
    @Elias_Warshop 11 ปีที่แล้ว +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:

  • @lonelyqueen86
    @lonelyqueen86 7 ปีที่แล้ว +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

  • @KarlKeesel
    @KarlKeesel 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

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

  • @MultiDudes45
    @MultiDudes45 10 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @gemineye9796
    @gemineye9796 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @srbinbrate88
    @srbinbrate88 6 ปีที่แล้ว +57

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

    • @ioannaathineos5269
      @ioannaathineos5269 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @fosakos6957
      @fosakos6957 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      We love you too Brother

    • @monstermadness3998
      @monstermadness3998 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      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

  • @panagiotispapakostas2439
    @panagiotispapakostas2439 4 ปีที่แล้ว +66

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

    • @acidangelxo
      @acidangelxo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Well said.

    • @guitar-coverpipe5366
      @guitar-coverpipe5366 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I disagree

    • @nicklazarac3599
      @nicklazarac3599 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @danael3165
      @danael3165 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

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

    • @llanianemesis
      @llanianemesis 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Πεστα!

  • @motherrobin2
    @motherrobin2 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @demeter9191
    @demeter9191 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Beauttiful! Thanks,dear M. lewy!

  • @KB4QAA
    @KB4QAA 9 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @chandrashekhara.k.1928
    @chandrashekhara.k.1928 11 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

  • @irmin8196
    @irmin8196 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wirklich sehr schön, diese Zusammenstellung

  • @cyberlioness
    @cyberlioness 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Really beautiful. It is enchanted and enchanting both.

  • @Nihiera
    @Nihiera 10 ปีที่แล้ว +708

    In croatia we need to learn ancient greek in school

    • @ryangranato5010
      @ryangranato5010 10 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Stella Paradis Why?

    • @Nihiera
      @Nihiera 10 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Stella Paradis Oh ok thanks.

    • @Smoothbluehero
      @Smoothbluehero 9 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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...

  • @amitchowdhuryslg
    @amitchowdhuryslg 11 ปีที่แล้ว +7

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

  • @BornHero
    @BornHero 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Absolutely incredible. Really resonates with the soul.

  • @MagnusMoranus
    @MagnusMoranus 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    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

  • @elisamonguzzi
    @elisamonguzzi 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Beautiful 🤗🤗🤗

  • @josephkhouri9726
    @josephkhouri9726 10 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      ur mum gay

    • @kingnorthkai
      @kingnorthkai 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Panzerkampf 2099 a good weird though :)

    • @andrewflare1361
      @andrewflare1361 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Respect to ancient Assyrian culture from Hellas.

    • @AZAZEL_TK
      @AZAZEL_TK 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @picollojr9009
      @picollojr9009 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @kookiplops8444
    @kookiplops8444 11 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @littleturtlecgj
    @littleturtlecgj 11 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @thrallfrostwolf894
    @thrallfrostwolf894 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    God this is so relaxing.

  • @anzanmahfuz8008
    @anzanmahfuz8008 4 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    Greek is Greek ...soul of civilization

    • @ioannaathineos5269
      @ioannaathineos5269 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      True man. Greeting from 🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷

  • @69chercher
    @69chercher 11 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @LilyNoelleArt
    @LilyNoelleArt 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fascinating! You are doing beautiful work.

  • @thegreekpro
    @thegreekpro 8 ปีที่แล้ว +326

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

    • @ranko.5930
      @ranko.5930 8 ปีที่แล้ว +122

      +Ποντιακή εραστής who actually says that?

    • @thegreekpro
      @thegreekpro 8 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +63

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

    • @thegreekpro
      @thegreekpro 8 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @adrasthe314
    @adrasthe314 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @janelmcdaniel3868
    @janelmcdaniel3868 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    Beautiful music also loved looking at the art work

  • @DIANAROSS4EVER
    @DIANAROSS4EVER 11 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @thehumble5983
    @thehumble5983 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    greeting from Carthage !

  • @endjoybird
    @endjoybird 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Greeting from Armenia , Greek brothers

    • @hishamhussain5163
      @hishamhussain5163 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @Daves_PianoAndPipes
    @Daves_PianoAndPipes 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @peterlynch2193
    @peterlynch2193 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Was quite impressed by the playing of this music!

  • @RavenousMedicine
    @RavenousMedicine 11 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @RavenousMedicine
      @RavenousMedicine 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@PeaceIsYeshua you too, take care.

    • @PeaceIsYeshua
      @PeaceIsYeshua 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @harisyannoukos33
    @harisyannoukos33 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @oscarjuliano
    @oscarjuliano 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @jekk23
    @jekk23 8 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @Realmkeeper12
    @Realmkeeper12 8 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    Good music it's Greek to me

  • @daised_mk9529
    @daised_mk9529 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This makes me calm and sleepy

    • @MichaelLevyMusic
      @MichaelLevyMusic  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      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

  • @lydiandreamwork9345
    @lydiandreamwork9345 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Incredible. Thank you very much.

  • @gojcgo1987
    @gojcgo1987 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @constantine2392
    @constantine2392 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Magnificent! Ancient Greece!

  • @Enki1013
    @Enki1013 11 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @milesbeler3974
    @milesbeler3974 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @lavequiasignora9879
    @lavequiasignora9879 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    This will definitely help you sleep. It immediately relaxed me.

  • @anni-florenceberger7231
    @anni-florenceberger7231 ปีที่แล้ว +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. ♥️

  • @Styxintheriver
    @Styxintheriver 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

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

  • @RosssRoyce
    @RosssRoyce 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very nice vibes, they have lovely ancient feel!

  • @cosmikshaman9209
    @cosmikshaman9209 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Brings back some fond memories!