"Seikilos to Euterpe"; the Seikilos epitaph is the oldest surviving complete musical composition with musical notation from 200BCE en.wikipedia.org artculturehistorymusic via epilys 1 year, 6 months ago | archived | plain text cache | source | 0 comments epilys wrote : Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGfOHoun0OQ Inscription: "I am a tombstone, an image. Seikilos placed me here as a long-lasting sign of deathless remembrance." Lyrics: While you live, shine have no grief at all life exists only for a short while and Time demands his due. Attribution: "Seikilos to Euterpe"
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