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Definition of Aulos
1. Noun. Any of a class of ancient Greek musical instruments resembling pipes or flutes. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Aulos
1. an ancient wind instrument [n AULOI]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aulos
Literary usage of Aulos
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"The upper part of the aulos, as in the Pompeian pipes, frequently had the form
of a flaring cup supported on a pear-shaped bulb, respectively identified as ..."
2. Geschichte der Musik by August Wilhelm Ambros, Gustav Nottebohm, B. von Sokolowsky, Carl Ferdinand Becker, Heinrich Reimann, Otto Kade (1887)
"Zwar wurden bei musikalischen Aufführungen auf den aulos als Mundstück auch wohl
eine Salpinx oder Syrinx aufgesetzt, aber Aristoxenus spricht mit ..."
3. A History of Ancient Greek Literature by Gilbert Murray (1897)
"As a matter of fact, the 'aulos' was the favourite instrument in Sparta, Boeotia,
and Delphi. Too stimulating for the sensitive Athenian, it fairly suited ..."
4. Old Greek Education by John Pentland Mahaffy (1905)
"The ordinary aulos was played without any artificial aid; but for the double
aulos, where two reeds of different pitch were blown from the same mouthpiece, ..."
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