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    The Greek word aoidos (ἀοιδός; plural: aoidoi / ἀοιδοί) referred to a classical Greek singer. In modern Homeric scholarship aoidos is used by some as...
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    rhapsōidos. The word does not occur in the early epics, which use the word aoidos (ἀοιδός "singer") for performers in all genres, including this one. It has...
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    is used to refer to statues which portray Apollo with his lyre. Aeneator Aoidos Apollo Arion Sappho Terpander Relevant musical instruments aulete (aulos...
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    (aeidō, "I sing") which is also the root of ᾠδή (ōidē, "ode") and of ἀοιδός (aoidos, "singer"). In a general way, the construction of an odeon was similar to...
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    oral tradition. Given widespread illiteracy, the poem was performed by an aoidos or rhapsode and was more likely to be heard than read. Crucial themes in...
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  • Alpha 3DS 2014 Bakumatsu Rock series Sakamoto Ryoma 2014 Granblue Fantasy Aoidos/Benjamin, Sho 2016 Attack on Titan series Jean Kirstein PS3 Tokimeki Memorial...
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    Term Type/s of information Society/ies Period Sources Aoidos Poetry and songs Ancient Greek Until ? Aois-dàna Genealogy Scottish Highlander Until 17th...
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    dress ἀπαβοίδωρ apaboidôr out of tune (Attic ekmelôs) (Cf.Homeric singer Aoidos) / emmelôs, aboidôr in tune Ἀπέλλα apella (Attic ἐκκλησία ekklēsia) "assembly...
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    in modular fashion, into the six-foot Greek hexameter, which aids the aoidos or bard in extemporaneous composition. (The Iliad and The Odyssey both use...
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  • wandering Jew" rather than Homer's hero. Gallotta himself performed, like an Aoidos or a Ringmaster playing the white clown, microphone or megaphone in hand...
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