... that were used for all other kinds of musical activities, the aulos, a wind instrument with two pipes, percussion and string instruments as the lyre which also coloured musically the poems of epic poets like Homer. It was in 534 B.C. that perhaps the most important ... based on legends or remote history (though given the appearance of truth), were interpreted so as to convey some religious, moral, or political meaning, according with the beliefs of the tragic poet. With the possibility of dialogue between the actor and the chorus, more complex themes ... Creon's son and wife in "Antig...

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