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aulos

Ancient Greek double-reed musical instrument, the equivalent of the Latin tibia and akin to the modern oboe.

The double aulos often seen in paintings and sculpture would have enabled the melody to be accompanied by a drone, both sets of reeds being blown simultaneously by one player.

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No references found			The myth recalls that Athena had invented the aulos, but the other deities had mocked how her cheeks bulged out when she played, thus she threw the musical instrument away, cursing whoever should pick it up. Goddesses & Minotaurs by Sarah Hornsby / The New York Observer Despite his same-sex second birth, Dionysus was closely associated with women in myth and ritual, believed to have been raised by nymphs and always accompanied by the maenads, a group of frenzied female celebrants often depicted dancing wildly to the accompaniment of the aulos and tambourine. Songs of the Sirens by Peraino, Judith A. / The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide He also has performed with the Aspen Festival and Chamber Orchestra, the Naumburg Award-winning Aulos Wind Quintet and, as principal clarinetist, with the San Diego Chamber Orchestra, the Las Vegas Symphony and the Reno Philharmonic. TITAN TRIO WILL PERFORM FREE CONCERT AT CALARTS by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)			August 4 August 5 August 6 August 7 August 8 August 9 Augusta Augustales Augustan Age Augustin, Eugène Augustine of Hippo, St Augustine, St Augustinian Augustov, Battle of Augustów Augustus Augustus II Augustus III Augustus, John auk Auld Alliance Auletta, Pietro Aulic Council Aulis Aulnoy, Marie Catherine, Baronne d'Aulnoy aulos Aultbea Aum Shinrikyo Aumale, Count of Aumann, Robert John aumbry Aumonier, Stacy Aung San Aung San Suu Kyi Aungerville, Richard Aunis AUP aura aura diagnosis Aurangabad Aurangzeb Aurelian Aurelian Wall Aureliano in Palmira Aurelius Antoninus Aurelius, Marcus Aurelius, Victor Sextus Aurenche, Jean aureole Aurès Mountains Auric, Georges			Aulie-Ata Aulie-Ata Cattle AULIMP Aulis Aulis Aulis Auliya'a Auliye-Ata Auliza Aulla Auln Aulnage Aulnay-sous-Bois Aulne Aulnoy, Marie Catherine, Baronne d'Aulnoy AULO aulodont dentition Aulodonta Auloi Auloi Aulolepidae Aulona Aulona Aulona Aulonocephalus lindquisti aulophobia aulophyte Aulopiformes Auloporidae aulos Aulostomidae Aulostomus Aulostomus maculatus Aulostylis AULP AULP-W AULR AULRE AULSS Ault Park Aultbea Aulus Cornelius Celsus Aulus Gellius Aulus Gellus Aulus Persius Flaccus Aulus Vitellius Aulus Vitellius Auly AULYP Aum Aum Aum Aum Aum Aum Aum cult Aum cult Aum cult Aum cult Aum Senricyo

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