10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ORTHIAN»
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Larcher's Notes on Herodotus: Historical and Critical ...
45. AitltXfltiK vofiov rov "OpOiov. Executed the Orthian air. The Greek has it, " the
Orthian Nomos." This Nomos was calculated for particular instruments — for
example, the cithara ; upon which, as Plutarch says', " it was not formerly
permitted, ...
Pierre Henri Larcher, William Desborough Cooley, 1844
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Larcher's notes on Herodotus, historical and critical ...
Executed the Orthian air. The Greek has it, "the Orthian Nomos." ThisNomos was
calculated for particular instruments — for example, the cithara; upon which, as
Plutarch says5, " it was not formerly permitted, as it is now, to compose
extempore ...
Pierre Henri Larcher, William Desborough Cooley, 1844
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A Dictionary of Music, Theoretical and Practical. To which ...
ORTHIAN. (Greek.) The epithet applied by the ancients to a dactylic nome, or
song, said to be invented by the Phrygian Olympus. Herodotus tells us, that it was
the Orthian nome that Arian sung, when thrown into the sea. ORTHIAN MODE.
Thomas Busby, Samuel Arnold, 1817
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Herodotus: A sketch of the life of Herodotus. Chio. Euterpe. ...
He accordingly adorned himself splendidly, and, standing on the side of the ship
with his harp in his hand, he sang to them a species of song, termed Orthian 40.
As soon as he had finished, he threw himself, dressed as he was, into the sea.
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A Dictionary Music: Theoretical and Practical
Orthian. (Greek.) The epithet applied by the ancients to a dactylic nome, or song,
said to be invented by the Phrygian Olympus. Herodotus tells us, that it was the
Orthian nome that Arian sung, when thrawn into the sea. Orthian Mode. (Greek.) ...
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Herodotus, tr., with notes, by W. Beloe
... As * The nautical word for this is the waist. 40 Orthian.] — The Orthian hymn
was an air performed either on a flute or cithara, in an elevated key and a quick
time. It was, therefore, peculiarly adapted to animate combatants. See Aulus
Gellius.
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Riddles in Mathematics: A Book of Paradoxes
The governments of two neighboring countries—let's call them N orthia and
Southia—had an agreement whereby a N orthian dollar was worth a dollar in
Southia, and vice versa. But one day the government of Northia decreed that
thereafter a ...
8
The History of Herodotus
He accordingly dressed, himself sumptuously, and, standing on the side of the
ship with his harp in his hand, he fang to them a species of song, termed Orthian
4°. As soon as he had finished, he threw himself, dressed as he was, into the sea.
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A General History Of The Science and Practice Of Music: In ...
The fame Olympus was the author of the Har- •' matian mood, as Glaucus testifies
in his treatise of the ancient 1 poets, and as some think of the Orthian mood also*.
There * was also another mood in use among the ancients, termed Cra- * dias ...
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The ancient history of Herodotus
He accordingly dressed himself sumptuously, and, standing on the side of the
ship, with his harp in his hand, he sang to them a species of song, termed Orthian
.* As soon as he had finished, he threw himself, dressed as he was, into the sea.
Herodotus, Leonhard Schmitz, 1855
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Every Misspelled Word in the 2013 Scripps National Spelling Bee
orthian (orthein): Characterized by high pitch —used of a style of singing or a tune. sabot (sabbot): A wooden shoe worn in some European ... «Vulture, May 13»
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She also correctly defined "dogma" and "orthian" during the national bee's first ever vocabulary evaluations. The seventh-grader didn't find out ... «Denver Post, May 13»
