Music of the gods resonates at ancient Selinunte

Music of the gods resonates at ancient Selinunte

Bone fragments discovered at Selinunte have enabled archaeologists to reconstruct an aulos – a wind instrument that played a central role in the religious and social life of the Ancient Greek world. Selinunte was an Ancient Greek city of Magna Graecia (Greek speaking areas) on the south-western coast of Sicily in Italy. According to the Athenian historian Thucydides, the city was founded by a colony from the Sicilian city of Megara Hyblaea durin…