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Who invented the lyre, the national instrument of the ancient Greeks? Was it Apollo, the God of Music? Or was it Orpheus, the legendary musician? Or, maybe, a mere mortal?
In this first episode of this animated series, we explore the myth of the lyre's creation and discover that this magical moment also marked something much bigger: the birth of music itself.
The lyres used for this episode's music were masterfully handcrafted in Greece by the LUTHIEROS family. This story, among hundreds of others, can be found in the book "The Song of the Lyre" available at luthieros.com/the_song
👀 Watch the full mini-series at youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcMWkAbRJunFi1ahv3DJbIbjod3WVJBKj
⚪ Order the book at luthieros.com/the_song
⚫ Find the perfect lyre for you at luthieros.com
🔵 Learn how to play the lyre and other ancient musical instruments at
lyreacademy.com/choose-your-next-course
🎬 SEIKILO team
Art Direction & Concept Creation by Nikolaos Koumartzis
Script by Fotis Giantsios
Voiceover Jarrett Raymond
Animation by Hashir Ahmed
Sound design by George Ayman
Subtitles by Feraia Nikolaou
Music by SEIKILO Affiliate Artists
Song selection by Evagoras Bekiaris and Nikolaos Koumartzis
Special thanks to Evagoras Bekiaris and Feraia Nikolaou for their participation in the initial stage of the sound design.
📃 ✍🏼 Transcript
How Apollo Got His Lyre
It was a starlit night in Mount Cyllene, in Arcadia, when Maia, the oldest of the Pleiades, gave birth to the son of Zeus, the crafty Hermes. While still a baby, Hermes left the sacred cave of his birth and made his way to the mountains of Pieria, where his half-brother, the Radiant Apollo, kept his oxen herds. Trickster god that he was, Hermes stole the oxen and led them away, putting shoes on their feet in order to cover their tracks, and then sacrificed some to the gods before returning to his mother’s cave.
It was there that he happened upon a grazing tortoise just outside the place of his birth. And seeing its shell, Hermes picked it up and marveled at its shape. And it was then that the thought of the lyre first struck him.
“You shall be my companion,” said the god. “Friend in joy and in sorrow.” And saying that, he cleaned out the shell and stretched the oxen hide of the sacrificed animals over it. Then he fixed their horns at the shell’s sides, connecting them with a yoke, and on that, he fastened the strings made out of the animals’ guts. And thus, having created the first lyre, he set to play and sing, sing of his birth and of his mother and of the glory of the gods and the Muses.
When Apollo, furious and inquiring after the thief, reached the cave, he was astonished to hear the sweet music of the lyre for the first time. His wrath was forgotten, so he made Hermes an offer.
“Clever god, clever thief,” said Apollo. “Truly, you must be blessed, for I have never heard such music before nor seen an instrument like that. You have taken my oxen, but I will freely offer them to you in exchange for this lyre”.
Hermes, crafty god that he was, seeing how enamored his brother was with the lyre, asked for his shepherd’s rod, as well as the gift of divination and prophecy with which he had found him. And the radiant Apollo gladly agreed.
And for the first time, Apollo held the lyre in his hands, making it his most prized possession. It would become his symbol, and with it, he played the most beautiful songs ever known to god or man.
And thus, Apollo became the God of Music.
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Who invented the lyre, the national instrument of the ancient Greeks? Was it Apollo, the God of Music? Or was it Orpheus, the legendary musician? Or, maybe, a mere mortal?
In this first episode of this animated series, we explore the myth of the lyre's creation and discover that this magical moment also marked something much bigger: the birth of music itself.
The lyres used for this episode's music were masterfully handcrafted in Greece by the LUTHIEROS family. This story, among hundreds of others, can be found in the book "The Song of the Lyre" available at luthieros.com/the_song
👀 Watch the full mini-series at youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcMWkAbRJunFi1ahv3DJbIbjod3WVJBKj
⚪ Order the book at luthieros.com/the_song
⚫ Find the perfect lyre for you at luthieros.com
🔵 Learn how to play the lyre and other ancient musical instruments at
lyreacademy.com/choose-your-next-course
🎬 SEIKILO team
Art Direction & Concept Creation by Nikolaos Koumartzis
Script by Fotis Giantsios
Voiceover Jarrett Raymond
Animation by Hashir Ahmed
Sound design by George Ayman
Subtitles by Feraia Nikolaou
Music by SEIKILO Affiliate Artists
Song selection by Evagoras Bekiaris and Nikolaos Koumartzis
Special thanks to Evagoras Bekiaris and Feraia Nikolaou for their participation in the initial stage of the sound design.
📃 ✍🏼 Transcript
How Apollo Got His Lyre
It was a starlit night in Mount Cyllene, in Arcadia, when Maia, the oldest of the Pleiades, gave birth to the son of Zeus, the crafty Hermes. While still a baby, Hermes left the sacred cave of his birth and made his way to the mountains of Pieria, where his half-brother, the Radiant Apollo, kept his oxen herds. Trickster god that he was, Hermes stole the oxen and led them away, putting shoes on their feet in order to cover their tracks, and then sacrificed some to the gods before returning to his mother’s cave.
It was there that he happened upon a grazing tortoise just outside the place of his birth. And seeing its shell, Hermes picked it up and marveled at its shape. And it was then that the thought of the lyre first struck him.
“You shall be my companion,” said the god. “Friend in joy and in sorrow.” And saying that, he cleaned out the shell and stretched the oxen hide of the sacrificed animals over it. Then he fixed their horns at the shell’s sides, connecting them with a yoke, and on that, he fastened the strings made out of the animals’ guts. And thus, having created the first lyre, he set to play and sing, sing of his birth and of his mother and of the glory of the gods and the Muses.
When Apollo, furious and inquiring after the thief, reached the cave, he was astonished to hear the sweet music of the lyre for the first time. His wrath was forgotten, so he made Hermes an offer.
“Clever god, clever thief,” said Apollo. “Truly, you must be blessed, for I have never heard such music before nor seen an instrument like that. You have taken my oxen, but I will freely offer them to you in exchange for this lyre”.
Hermes, crafty god that he was, seeing how enamored his brother was with the lyre, asked for his shepherd’s rod, as well as the gift of divination and prophecy with which he had found him. And the radiant Apollo gladly agreed.
And for the first time, Apollo held the lyre in his hands, making it his most prized possession. It would become his symbol, and with it, he played the most beautiful songs ever known to god or man.
And thus, Apollo became the God of Music.
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