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Kithara of the Golden Age - "Paean to Ares"

"Paean to Ares" - track 5 from my album, "Kithara of the Golden Age", available from all major digital music stores and streaming sites: http://ancientlyre.com/ancient_greek_... The kithara was the highly advanced, large wooden lyre favoured by only the true professional musicians of ancient Greece, which reached its pinnacle of perfection during the “Golden Age” of Classical Antiquity, circa 5th century BCE.. Both this album and my earlier release , "The Ancient Greek Kithara of Classical Antiquity" features the wonderfully recreated Kithara of the Golden Age of Classical Greece - hand-made in modern Greece by Luthieros: http://en.luthieros.com This piece also demonstrates the rhythmic potential of the kithara - using the large replica 2500 year old plectrum as a baton to beat rhythm on the soundboard of the kithara whilst playing the melodic lines with fingers of the left hand. In ancient Greek mythology, Ares was the ancient Greek god of war and battle. The mastered track from the album is accompanied by a slideshow of imagery depicting ancient Greek weapons and warfare. The piece is in the favourite ancient Greek mode of Plato himself; the ancient Greek Dorian Mode, which he considered the most 'manly' and noble of the musical modes, capable even of inspiring bravery in battle. In Classical Greece, a Paean was a song or lyric poem expressing triumph or thanksgiving. Ares was the ancient Greek god of war. Misnamed the 'Phrygian' mode in the Middle Ages, the intensely introspective ancient Greek Dorian mode is the equivalent intervals as E-E on the white notes of the piano. I also use authentically pure intervals tuned in just intonation. In "The Republic" by Plato, Book III (398-403), in a classic philosophical dialogue of argument and counter-argument between the characters in this passage, the text is as follows: "The harmonies which you mean are the mixed or tenor Lydian, and the full-toned or bass Lydian, and such-like. These then, I said, must be banished; even to women who have a character to maintain they are of no use, and much less to men. Certainly. In the next place, drunkenness and softness and indolence are utterly unbecoming the character of our guardians. Utterly unbecoming? And which are the soft and convivial harmonies? The Ionian, he replied, and some of the Lydian which are termed “relaxed”. Well, and are these of any use for warlike men? Quite the reverse, he replied; and if so the Dorian and the Phrygian are the only ones which you have left." (https://theoryofmusic.wordpress.com/2...) To enjoy an ongoing 'musical magic carpet ride' to ancient times, please subscribe to my YouTube Channel here: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c... http://www.ancientlyre.com/   / beautifullyre     / ancientlyre   http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/MichaelLevy https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/mi...