Music in Greece prior to the Middle Ages

Music and Greece have a long history dating from the Antiquity, during which poetry, dancing and music were inseparable and constitute an important part of ancient Greek's everyday life; Greek tragedy of the first century AD and after also used music into its component elements. The Greeks loved music, and made it an important part of their lives. They thought of music as a way of honoring the gods, and making the world a more …

…an example of this early notation carved in stone from the second century B.C. in the Archaeological Museum in Delphi, Greece. It is a hymn sung to the Greek god Apollo. Some of the words we use to describe music today come from Greek words. The word "music" itself comes from the Greek Muses. Some Greek words that became English words are "rhythmos," our word "rhythm", and "melos" which now is our word "melody."