Seikilos Epitaph — Daphne Always at the Monday gold team show on JoCo Cruise 2024
Channel: Angela Brett
Date: 2024-04-07

Drew gave Daphne Always such a sparkly and generous introduction, letting us know that she has a degree in Classics from NYU. If anyone wonders what one does with a degree in Classics, it’s this, or go into more debt, or both! James Sheppard got to learn the hurdy-gurdy today, because someone brought one on the cruise. This is their interpretation of the oldest piece of European music that has been found. It was written in the first century BC, which they think was the composer’s wife’s gravestone. It was written in Greek, and they translated it into Latin, Italian, then English. It’s called the Seikilos epitaph.

Playlist of individual songs from this show: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJ-l6mr1dW0gEmHLCatEDD8HZeZsZjN-2&si=TqgWi1nYevkHtHff
Everything I’ve uploaded from JoCo Cruise 2024: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJ-l6mr1dW0h53AZw3dUh2vo8pR5cluUe&si=HPoaBvDL_gViRCPP