Seikilos epitaph
oldest surviving complete musical composition
The Seikilos epitaph is a Hellenistic Ionic song in Phrygian octave species.
Quotes
edit| Ὅσον ζῇς φαίνου | Hoson zēis phainou | While you live, shine |
| μηδὲν ὅλως σὺ λυποῦ | mēden holōs sy lypou | have no grief at all |
| πρὸς ὀλίγον ἐστὶ τὸ ζῆν | pros oligon esti to zēn | life exists only for a short while |
| τὸ τέλος ὁ χρόνος ἀπαιτεῖ. | to telos ho chronos apaitei. | and time demands its toll. |
