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Lyra Graeca Volume II. Translated by Edmonds, J M. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1922. | Lyra Graeca Volume II. Translated by Edmonds, J M. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1922. | ||
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- | In the 3rd year of the 48th Olympiad (b.c. 586)1 at which the victor was Glaucias of Crotona, the Amphictyons established competitions for flute-song and flute-playing in addition to the contest for singers to the lyre which had been held from the beginning. The winners proclaimed on the occasion were a Cephallenian named Melampus in lyre-song, Echembrotus the Arcadian in flute-song, and Sacadas of Argos in flute-playing. . . At the 2nd Pythiad they abandoned the flute-song, having decided that it was not an auspicious form of music. For the flute-song consisted of very doleful flute-music and elegies sung to its accompaniment. My witness here is the offering set up by Echembrotus, | + | In the 3rd year of the 48th Olympiad (b.c. 586)**1** at which the victor was Glaucias of Crotona, the Amphictyons established competitions for flute-song and flute-playing in addition to the contest for singers to the lyre which had been held from the beginning. The winners proclaimed on the occasion were a Cephallenian named Melampus in lyre-song, Echembrotus the Arcadian in flute-song, and Sacadas of Argos in flute-playing. . . At the 2nd Pythiad they abandoned the flute-song, having decided that it was not an auspicious form of music. For the flute-song consisted of very doleful flute-music and elegies sung to its accompaniment. My witness here is the offering set up by Echembrotus, |
- | To the Theban Heracles Echembrotus of Arcadia dedicated this offering in return for his victory at the Games of the Amphictyons, | + | //To the Theban Heracles Echembrotus of Arcadia dedicated this offering in return for his victory at the Games of the Amphictyons, |
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1 the date of the 1st Pythiad is given by some authorities as 582 | 1 the date of the 1st Pythiad is given by some authorities as 582 | ||
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